President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski of Peru In late December, just three days after narrowly avoiding impeachment on corruption charges, President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski of Peru pardoned Alberto Fujimori, the authoritarian leader who presided over the country from 1990 to 2000.… Continue Reading
This blog was updated on March 2, 2018. Costa Rica is facing a corruption scandal — el Cementazo (from the Spanish word for cement) — unlike any other in the country’s history. The situation will have serious repercussions for the… Continue Reading
The nomination of Nahua healer María de Jesús Patricio Martínez as a candidate in the upcoming presidential elections in Mexico indicates that supporters of indigenous causes are moving toward an increasingly open electoral process in an effort to influence public discourse. Continue Reading
Senate Bill 4 (SB 4), signed into law by Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on May 7, 2017, is legislation crafted to ban so-called “sanctuary cities.” The controversial legislation would deputize all Texas law enforcement officers to ask a person’s… Continue Reading
President Donald Trump announced on Sept. 5 that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program would be phased out. This Obama-era program gave temporary resident status, including permits to work and study, to individuals between the ages of 12… Continue Reading
What are the implications of a recent ruling by Mexico’s Supreme Court for the telecommunications sector and for other nontelecommunications markets? Does this ruling endanger the attractiveness of the Mexican markets, and could it curb foreign investment in the country by making it appear that the telecommunications market is not subject to regulations intended to limit monopolistic behavior? Continue Reading
On July 27, 2017, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a $790 billion dollar national security funding bill for FY2018. The bill is known as the “Make America Secure Appropriations Act” and passed with a vote of 235-192. The… Continue Reading