Latin America and the Western Hemisphere, International Development Ben Gutman, Senior Staff Writer Latin America and the Western Hemisphere, International Development Ben Gutman, Senior Staff Writer

Mainstream Media Framing of Post-Assassination Haiti Pushes for U.S. Intervention

Minimal and decontextualized coverage of Haitian protests prior to the assassination of Haitian president and close U.S. ally Jovenel Moïse helped safeguard his PHTK party’s catastrophic neoliberal agenda. Since Moïse’s assassination, a media flood on Haiti’s political crisis is setting the stage for further foreign intervention.

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Latin America and the Western Hemisphere, U.S. Foreign Policy, Human Rights Ben Gutman, Senior Staff Writer Latin America and the Western Hemisphere, U.S. Foreign Policy, Human Rights Ben Gutman, Senior Staff Writer

The U.S. Needs to Enforce Its Own Laws on Foreign Military Aid to Colombia

Under the control of numerous Colombian presidents, the Colombian military has taken advantage of billions of dollars in U.S. military funding to engage in systematic suppression of grassroots social movements

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International Law and Organizations, U.S. Foreign Policy, Latin America and the Western Hemisphere, International Development Ben Gutman, Senior Staff Writer International Law and Organizations, U.S. Foreign Policy, Latin America and the Western Hemisphere, International Development Ben Gutman, Senior Staff Writer

Latin America at the Center of Shift in International Development Banking

The abrupt end to a 60-year-old unwritten rule at the Inter-American Development Bank could lead to international repercussions in lending practices and bureaucratic structure in other regional development banks.

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