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A Prison Massacre Reveals a Security Strategy in Disarray
Re-militarised Demilitarisation
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Sam Woolston
Honduras’ Hidden Homicides
Three rural towns in Olancho epitomise Honduras’ terrifying problem with unexplained murders
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Sam Woolston
Honduras’ Government Declares State of Emergency to Fight Extortion
But the Measures Proposed Won’t Stop the Extortionists
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Sam Woolston
How a Technocratic Aid Program Holds Honduras Back
A statistical glitch means that Honduras remains locked out of the Millennium Challenge Corporation Fund
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Sam Woolston
Refugees are Being Extorted by the Honduran Police
Notes from the Migrant Trail
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Sam Woolston
Why Are Homicide Rates in Honduras High?
Homicides rates have fallen since 2011, but remain far too high
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Sam Woolston
Gregor MacGregor and the Republic of Poyais
How an audacious financial fraud in the 1820s ended with 230 British investors marooned in the Honduran jungle
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Sam Woolston
The Ecuadorian Government is Failing to Protect Fishermen from Piracy
The Ecuadorian seas are teaming with treasure and danger.
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Sam Woolston
The Fall of the Former President
Extraditing Juan Orlando Hernandez to the United States provides the most likely route to justice. But it's also a route that highlights the hypocrisy…
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Sam Woolston
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