News
Latin American Program in the News: Presente y futuro del proceso de paz
Mar 04, 2013The Woodrow Wilson Center and Fundación Ideas para la Paz invited Enrique Santos Calderón and Marta Ruíz to speak on the Colombian Peace Process. (In Spanish)
In the Wake of War: Democratization and Internal Armed Conflict in Latin America
Mar 04, 2013Examining the cases of Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Peru, the contributors to this timely edited volume explore how societies undergoing democratization in the aftermath of civil war can become mired in violent crime, poor governance, and illiberal political cultures.
Latin American Program in the News: Was Mexican Billionaire Drug Kingpin El Chapo Killed?
Mar 04, 2013Associate Director Eric Olson remarked on speculations that Mexican billionaire Drug Kingpin El Chapo Guzmán could have been killed in Guatemala.
Latin American Program in the News: Hugo Chávez's Venezuela, What does the political and economic future hold?
Mar 04, 2013According to former Wilson Scholar Margarita López Maya, without Hugo Chávez's visible presence in Venezuela problems like declining infrastructure and economic stability are increasingly apparent.
Latin American Program in the News: Political Transition in Venezuela: Future Scenarios and the Implications for U.S. Policy
Mar 04, 2013On February 25, 2013 the Latin American Program of the Woodrow Wilson Center held a seminar on the current political situation in Venezuela.
Latin American Program in the News: The Reality of Life as an Undocumented Immigrant
Feb 22, 2013Georgetown students talk about life as undocumented immigrants at the Wilson Center in Washington, DC, on Feb. 21, 2013.
Defining Border Security
Feb 13, 2013Eric Olson and Christopher Wilson warn lawmakers against setting vague preconditions to “secure our border” before addressing immigration reform, which has sunk reform efforts in the past.
Latin American Program in the Media: Winter 2013
Feb 08, 2013See what our staff, fellows, and scholars have been saying on key issues.
Latin American Program in the News: Hand of U.S. Is Seen in Halting General’s Rise in Mexico
Feb 06, 2013Associate Director Eric L. Olson gives The New York Times his views on the future of Mexico-U.S. relations.
Latin American Program in the News: A quieter drug war in Mexico, but no less deadly
Feb 04, 2013Eric Olson remarks on the fine line that Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto is walking in order to broaden Mexico's relationship with the United States beyond the sphere of counternarcotics.
