U.S. Fails to Consider “Best Interests” of Child Migrants
By Eric Hershberg* The lack of a “best interests” standard in the U.S. Government’s handling of child migrants subjects the children to enduring harm and…
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U.S.-Latin America Policy According to John Bolton
By Eric Hershberg and Fulton Armstrong John Bolton/ Gage Skidmore/ Flickr/ Creative Commons License (not modified) Former U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton’s memoir highlights…
Latin America: COVID-19 Challenges Higher Education
By Eric Hershberg, Alexandra Flinn-Palcic, and Christopher Kambhu* Left: Classroom in Campinas, Brazil/ Wikimedia Commons/ Priscilla Micaroni/ Creative Commons License (modified) // Right: Universidad de…
United States: Putting the Hammer to Venezuela
By Fulton Armstrong and Eric Hershberg Trump at a briefing on April 4th, 2020/ The White House/ Flickr/ Public Domain The Trump administration’s increasingly aggressive…
Honduras: A Renewed MACCIH with Teeth?
By Eric L. Olson* Juan Orlando Hernández, President of Honduras, January 19, 2016/ Flickr/Creative Commons/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/oasoea/24115247729/in/photostream/ As the January 19 deadline for renewing the Support…
Cuba: Facing a Tough New Year
By Eric Hershberg, William M. LeoGrande, and Max Paul Friedman* Flags of Cuba and the U.S. / Flickr / Creative Commons /https://www.flickr.com/photos/cubahora/16527147240 Intensified U.S. sanctions…
Venezuelans stranded as Ecuador imposes new visa rules
Eric Rafael Rodriguez expresses frustration over new visa rules at the Ecuador-Colombia border [Joshua Collins/Al Jazeera] Rumichaca, Colombia – Eric Rafael Rodriguez had been on…
Puerto Rico: A Mess with Structural Causes
By Eric Hershberg and Fulton Armstrong Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Roselló, U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump discuss relief efforts during a…
New Leadership in El Salvador: Breaking from the Past?
By Eric Hershberg* U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein meets with El Salvador’s newly elected President Nayib Bukele / Joint Base…
Venezuela: Washington Trying to Tighten the Noose
By Eric Hershberg Satellite images of Venezuela. Left image taken on March 7, 2019; right image taken on March 12, 2019 during a blackout /…
