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The Summit for Democracy: What the Media Missed

Media coverage of the December 8-10 Summit for Democracy has largely focused on President Joe Biden’s remarks, coupled with critical reactions from China, Russia, and skeptical U.S. pundits. Few U.S. commentators seem to have bothered to listen to the three days of often thoughtful remarks by other world leaders and the many intelligent, emotionally engaging panelists representing a broad swath of civil society, business, and academia.

Richard E. Feinberg December 13, 2021

Nicaragua’s Flip to China: What Does It Mean for the Region?

The United States no longer has the luxury to scold its partners in the region. Washington has never faced a hemisphere so politically disposed to resist U.S. pressure, or so fully enabled by an adversary’s money to do so.

Evan Ellis December 10, 2021

America is Back? The reframing of democracy promotion in Latin America

The failures in exporting American democracy call for the reframing of democracy promotion as a strategy. If the Biden administration develops a combined regional strategy, it could represent a renewed opportunity.

admin September 24, 2021

It’s No Joke: Bukele’s Authoritarian Language

Bukele has responded to critics with derision, even changing his Twitter bio to “Dictator of El Salvador.” He leaves just enough doubt to say, “I was only joking.” But it’s not a joke.

Greg Weeks September 23, 2021

Putting hope into action in Central America

When United States Vice President Kamala Harris said she wants to help bring hope to the people of Central America—and do it in partnership with local organizations—I was inspired. Generating hope requires rallying all stakeholders around solutions that work. Bringing private sector resources and civil society to the table, as Vice President Harris has recently done ahead of her upcoming visit to Guatemala and Mexico, is a critical step forward.

admin June 5, 2021

El bukelismo, crónica de un autoritarismo anunciado

En los últimos dos años, por razones diversas, he seguido de cerca lo que ocurre en El Salvador. Debo decir que no me sorprendieron los hechos más recientes, que incluyen la destitución abrupta de los magistrados de la Sala Constitucional y del Fiscal General, por una Asamblea Legislativa en la cual el presidente Nayib Bukele tiene la mayoría holgada.

Andrés Cañizález May 7, 2021

Threats to democracy increase as President Bukele moves to control El Salvador’s judiciary

President Nayib Bukele’s drive to consolidate power represents another test of the international community’s ability to defend democratic principles. With El Salvador’s democracy in grave jeopardy, the stakes for the U.S. and the rest of Central America could not be higher.

Orlando J. Pérez May 6, 2021

We could use economics to curb migration from Central America

In creating an economic strategy, President Biden and his administration are stuck between conflicting policy goals of relocating industrial supply chains back to the United States and of reducing migration from Central America, where so many of these factories are located.

admin April 30, 2021

New revelations about the El Mozote massacre

This week, new developments came to light in the decades-long saga of the El Mozote massacre, one of the most high-profile incidents of human rights abuses in modern Central American history.

admin April 30, 2021

El Salvador’s legislative elections and the challenge to democracy

President Nayib Bukele’s Nuevas Ideas party won more than two-thirds of the votes in El Salvador’s February 28 legislative elections. The consolidation of power puts democratic processes and counterbalances to the country’s executive branch at risk.

admin March 3, 2021