Tag: Central America

  • El Salvador:FMLN Confronts Challenge from the Right

    El Salvador:
    FMLN Confronts Challenge from the Right

    Salvadoran protester. The sign reads “The water is mine, not the oligarchy’s”Photo: CISPES In 2009, twenty years after the negotiated end to a brutal civil war, the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN), former guerrillas turned left political party, finally won the presidency of El Salvador, defeating ARENA, the far rightists who had made the…

  • Nicaragua’s Popular Rebellion Stopped — For Now

    Nicaragua’s Popular Rebellion Stopped — For Now

    What is the state of the popular rebellion in Nicaragua? What brought about the rebellion? Who is involved in the rebellion? Who are the most important national and international actors? And what is the nature of the Left’s debate over Nicaragua?

  • Two articles on Honduras

    We round out our set of articles on Central America with two articles on Honduras by Vicki Cervantes from Against the Current, Honduras: U.S. Support for Repression & Fraud and Honduras Since the 2009 Coup. Vicki Cervantes is coordinator in North America for the Honduras Solidarity Network.