![President Andrés Manuel López Obrador speaks about judicial reform in June at the National Palace in Mexico City.](https://www.americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2157010103-300x200.jpg)
AMLO’s Judicial Reform Overlooks the Key Weakness of Mexican Justice
Prosecutors’ willingness and capacity to investigate crimes is the nation’s judicial system’s weakest link, writes an expert.
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Latin America’s Security Crisis Is a Political Problem, Too
Crime and politics are becoming more entangled, undermining the region’s stability, an expert writes.
![Former President of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernández was convicted of corruption and drug trafficking in the U.S. But in Honduras, anti-corruption efforts are moving slowly, including the CICIH UN commission.](https://www.americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/GettyImages-1392795835-300x200.jpg)
Honduras’ Anti-Corruption Push Has Stalled
Despite former President Juan Orlando Hernández’s conviction in the U.S., progress on corruption in his country has been slow as a UN commission hangs in the balance.
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Letter to the Editor: Lawfare in the Dominican Republic Deserves Attention
A response from AQ’s readers
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A Year After a Failed Coup, Peru Remains a Tinderbox
Multiple issues threaten the government’s fragile stability amid Congress’ entrenchment.
![Recent cases illustrate how some of Latin America's top prosecutors may be misusing their considerable powers.](https://www.americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/PorrasGuatemala-300x204.jpg)
Do Latin America’s Top Prosecutors Have Too Much Power?
Recent cases illustrate how some top prosecutors throughout the region may be misusing their considerable powers.
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A Golden Bridge for the Maduro Government
Those in power need incentives to engage in a potential democratic transition. Criminal investigations into corruption and related crimes can provide them.
![Guatemalan President-elect Bernardo Arévalo speaks to supporters.](https://www.americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/GettyImages-1675511787-300x200.jpg)
Guatemala: A Strategy to Protect Bernardo Arévalo
International support will be key to ensuring Guatemala’s president-elect takes office, despite corrupt forces working against him.
![Supreme Electoral Court Justice Benedito Goncalves, left, speaks with Supreme Federal Court President Cármen Lúcia Antunes Rocha in court in Brasilia in June at the trial of former President Jair Bolsonaro.](https://www.americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/GettyImages-1258940875-1-300x200.jpg)
Courts, a Last Line of Defense for Latin American Democracies
Judiciaries have, with some exceptions, been a check on leaders trying to concentrate power.
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AQ Podcast: Guatemalan Democracy on the Brink, and the U.S. Response
Stephen McFarland on Guatemala’s surprising runoff, corruption and the U.S. stance
![AS/COA and Control Risks' Capacity to Combat Corruption Index recorded a tough year for anti-corruption, as seen in the imprisonment of Jose Rubén Zamora, a prominent journalist who reported on corruption issues in Guatemala.](https://www.americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Zamoraprotest-300x203.jpg)
A Tough Year for Anti-Corruption
This year’s CCC Index highlights a more difficult environment for efforts to combat graft.
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WEBCAST: Anti-Corruption in Latin America — A 2023 Overview
On June 27, AS/COA and Control Risks launched the fifth edition of the Capacity to Combat Corruption Index.
![President Gustavo Petro is weathering a scandal involving wiretaps and accusations of using drug money.](https://www.americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/GettyImages-1258379140-300x199.jpg)
Gustavo Petro’s Biggest Crisis Yet
While many details remain unclear, a scandal involving two former aides could permanently paralyze Petro’s agenda.
![Guatemalan journalist is escorted after a legal hearing, reflecting crack downs on journalists and other anti-corruption investigators, including judges and government prosecutors.](https://www.americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/GettyImages-1258298689-300x200.jpg)
Ahead of Guatemala’s Elections, an Exodus Continues
Journalists, judges and prosecutors are leaving the country as repression is expected to intensify, regardless of who wins the June 25 election.
![El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele speaks in January.](https://www.americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Bukele-Letter-to-Editor-Photo-300x200.jpeg)
Letter to the Editor: A Bukele Aide Defends the Security Crackdown
A response from AQ’s readers.