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In 2010 Central America experienced its first military overthrow of a government for 16 years with the forced removal of Hoduran President Manuel Zelaya. For this reason the stability of other Latin American democracies has come under more scrutiny, with Guatemala, which shares a border with Honduras, one source of particular concern. more »

My travel across the Argentina-Brazil border was marked by perhaps the most striking set of images that I have encountered in my travels in Latin America. With unexpected symmetry, I noticed something unsettling about a young female traveler shortly after my land crossing into each country. Both women had long blonde hair framing significant stretches of purple and black bruising around their eyes. Something bad had recently happened to each - the exact nature of which remaining the private history of strangers carrying their backpacks along their own journeys. more »