A Comparative Note on Amendment Processes
We, as Americans, tend to have a limited knowledge of the institutional variation that exists across democratic systems around the world.
Mexican Drug War Claims 50,000 Lives, Little Attention
Since Mexico’s President Felipe Calderón began an all-out assault on drug cartels in 2006, more than 50,000 people have lost their lives across the country in a nearly-continuous string of shootouts, bombings, and ever-bloodier murders.
Reaping the Harvest of the Failure to Institutionalize: Venezuela and Chavez
Hugo Chavez has built a state on cronyism.
FTAs Pass
After a lengthy wait, free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea have been approved by Congress.
Honduran Truth and Reconciliation Commission Issues Ruling
Institutions, or the lack thereof, matter.
Humberto Leal Garcia Execution and International Law
The US Supreme Court declined to stay the execution of a child raping murderer over a technical violation of a treaty.
What’s up with Chávez?
The normally loquacious Chávez has been almost silent since emergency surgery in Cuba on June 10th.
The Ebb and Flow of Coca Cultivation
Coca cultivation is down in Colombia! But guess what is true about Peru?
