... , 2016 . © 2017 Current History. All rights reserved. 2017 The Regents of the University of California Sonja Wolf book review Óscar Martínez History Violence Central America Honduras Guatemala El Salvador gang violence homicide migration In the 1980s, much of Central...

... of California Jose José Miguel Cruz Root Causes Central American America institution peaceful society development El Salvador Guatemala Mexico northern triangle Honduras UN United Nations Office Drugs Crime UNODC ASIES ECLAC street ganges labor low-productivity migration...

... 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...

...Ashraf El Sherif It makes no sense today to divide Arab politics into neatly crafted opposites, the ‘Islamist’ versus the ‘civil democratic’ blocs. © 2011 Current History. All rights reserved. 2011 The Regents of the University of California Ashraf El Sherif Islamism Arab Spring...

...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...