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Peru Stares Into the Abyss

Michael Deibert / Truthdig Jan 12, 2023 Political violence batters the Andean country more than a month after the fall of its president. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

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The Drumbeat of Insurrection Sounds in Brazil

Michael Deibert / Truthdig Jan 9, 2023 The violence in Brasilia was shocking, but hardly surprising. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

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The Bill Comes Due for FTX

Michael Deibert / Truthdig Dec 14, 2022 Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The U.N. in Haiti: Time to Adapt or Time to Go

Michael Deibert / Truthdig Sep 1, 2011 After seven years in Haiti, it is time for the UN peacekeeping mission to either significantly refocus its mission or close its operation and leave the business of governing and reconstruction to the Haitians themselvesIt is time for the U peacekeeping mission in Haiti to either significantly refocus its mission or close its operation completely. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Old Habits Die Hard in New Orleans

Michael Deibert / Truthdig Jun 20, 2011 New Orleans, despite its great charm, can often seem like a city out of place and time, where the fortress-like class dynamic one sees in economically stratified societies such as those of Central America has somehow set down pernicious roots.Things were not supposed to turn out like this. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Cartel Wars

Michael Deibert / Truthdig May 17, 2011 In the annals of a conflict that has killed more than 34,600 since Mexican President Felipe Calderon militarized his country’s battle against drug traffickers in December 2006, the conflict in Tamaulipas is writing a new and bloody chapter. Like Jesús Malverde, Santa Muerte has become an object of veneration among Mexico’s criminals. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )