... Central America Violence violent Costa Rica junta democracy Somoza El Salvador Guatemala Baloyra GDD oligarch centrist Arbenz CIA economy guard despotism Serrano Ortega Sandinista Aleman contra PERSPECTIVE Armed conflict liquidated Central America s dictatorships by the end...

...Michael Shifter The end of political, armed conflict 15 years ago has not been accompanied by higher levels of social peace. On the contrary, fear and lawlessness today are rampant in the region. Central America Guatemala El Salvador Honduras Nicaragua Costa Rica crime insecurity drug...

... by their Mexican and South American brethren, have been smug about the locus of Latin America's ills being shifted to South America. © 2001 Current History. All rights reserved. 2001 The Regents of the University of California Costa Rica Nicaragua Cuba Guatemala El Salvador Enrique Bolanos...

...James E. Mahon, Jr. Latin Americans might have expected, after following the free-market economic policies of the ‘Washington consensus’ for a dozen years, that the region would have begun to savor the fruits of openness. But with some exceptions—notably Chile, Costa Rica, and much of Mexico...

... of the University of California Brazil Central America Costa Rica democracy Ecuador Latin America Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela Latin America s democracies are not in danger of collapse at this time. But there are many real problems, and not many indications that these problems are being...