Opinion

A group of 10 civil society organizations in the region have come together to form the Center to Combat Corruption and Impunity in Northern Central America (CCINOC in Spanish) to provide report cards on each country’s efforts to fight corruption.

AMLO, no matter how much he insists, can no longer blame other presidents for the deaths during his government.

More than 40 people have died and hundreds were injured during recent protests around the country. For now, there seems to be no solution to this enormous social conflict, which started some weeks back with an absurd and unjust tax increase and has now turned into an unstoppable movement to change almost everything.

I could see the growing Palestinian anger and frustration after decades of Israeli military occupation. That was 40 years ago, and it has only kept growing. (Leer en español)

Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico makes the list as his country has the highest case fatality rate in the world. He is accompanied by Donald Trump, Alexander Lukashenko, Jair Bolsonaro and Narenda Modi.

The Biden administration has proposed an expansion of internet access to unserved and underserved communities, including the more than 40 percent of rural Americans who lack high-speed access, where the Latinx community is growing.

Maduro was willing to renege on an agreement to import vaccines when the literal survival of the Venezuelan people is at risk, so why would he honor a negotiation with the interim government risking his own political survival?

Trump's failure to admit defeat in the November election could have been just the out-of-control temper tantrum of an egomaniac. But the problem is that it is turning into a new reality for Republicans.

Washington is preparing a response encompassing pressure from government and financial institutions to support for independent civil society groups with the goal of deterring Bukele’s growing authoritarianism. A clear and consistent message must accompany these actions. (Leer en español)

The necessary — and sometimes painful — ritual of visiting my mother was torn apart by the pandemic. The vaccine rollout in Mexico has been terribly slow. Only 12.7 million people out of a population of 126 million have received at least one dose. I am, therefore, incredibly grateful that my mother was among those lucky enough to get fully vaccinated. (Leer en español)