The Latin American Revolution: Social Movements and the FMLN Government in El Salvador

By Asad Ismi El Salvador joined the Latin American Revolution in 2009 when the people voted for the leftist Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) party under the leadership of Mauricio Funes (see “El Salvador the latest Latin American country to turn left” in the June 2009 Monitor). The election replaced the 20 year-old rule […]

The Latin American Revolution (Part 24): Morales and Social Movements Continue to Transform Bolivia

By Asad Ismi The Latin American Revolution would not have been possible without an unprecedented coalescing of political power and social movements. In this series, I have documented the many progressive changes brought by the ten elected left-wing governments in Latin America.  Many of these changes owe their inspiration in part to social organizations. Some […]

CIA Torture Program Exposed: More Than a 100 Detainees “Rendered” by U.S. With Help from Allies Including Canada

By Asad Ismi With the National Security Agency (NSA) spying scandal continuing to make news, another secretive U.S. agency is now the subject of its own public humiliation. In early April, the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee (SIC) voted to partially declassify a 6,600-page report on Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) treatment of “terror suspects” during the […]