Donald Trump has embraced deregulatory models that give corporate actors greater leverage in shaping public policy.
Private Rule vs. Public Sovereignty in the Western Hemisphere
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U.S.-Backed Housing Scandals Threaten to Rip Off Honduras and Panama
Miami-based investors are suing Honduras after their own false promises left families picking up the pieces.
Crypto Bros Are Trying to Bankrupt Honduras for Scuttling Their Private Cities
After throwing off its narco-dictatorship, Honduras is trying to take its cities back from U.S.-based libertarians.
How Predatory Energy Developers Harassed Hondurans
Honduras’s coup-era government opened the floodgates for predatory energy projects. Now that Hondurans are fighting back, the companies are trying to take them to arbitration.
Honduras: A Case Study In How “Mafia Style” Investments Menace Impoverished Countries
A flurry of corporate lawsuits stemming from the coup period threaten to bankrupt the Central American country.
A Tribute to a Brave Anti-Mining Activist: Juan López, Presente!
The assassination of a Honduran environmental rights defender comes as multinational corporations use dubious legal mechanisms to hamstring Xiomara Castro’s administration.
Highway Robbery: How Bad Trade Policies Make Life Unaffordable
A lawsuit over toll booths in Honduras shows how corporate trade policies make life unlivable in poor countries — and send people fleeing north.
Ending Latin America’s Sewage Decade
The victory of Xiomara Castro in Honduras is a sign that region is ready to exit its lost decade.
U.S. Diplomacy: A Dangerous Proposal
Is the United States on the verge of enshrining humanitarian intervention as a bedrock principle of foreign policy?
Gustavo Castro Witnessed the Murder of Berta Cáceres. That Means His Life Is in Danger.
In the face of silence from Washington, the Clinton-backed coup government in Honduras is mopping up activists for democracy and indigenous rights.