Recent News and Events

• On Sunday, November 16th, 2008 at 6:00 pm (EST) on Telemundo, the Linea Directa program will feature Ambassador Robert White and Maryland state legislator Ana Sol Gutierrez. The discussion topic will be the Blue Democracy Campaign in El Salvador and the current political situation in the context of the upcoming elections in 2009. [click here for more details...]

• Bart Beeson writes on the New Wave of Water Movements in Latin America
  
  
• La Prensa reports on the low productivity of the Honduran Legislature (2007-2008)
  
  
• Ambassador Robert White, CIP President, gave a speech at the conference "Image, Memory and the Paradox of Peace: 15 years after the El Salvador Peace Accords," held at the University of Texas (April, 2008)
  
  
  
• Letter for the Right to Water featured in Diario el Hoy

• Article in El Diario Co Latino “Exigen agilizar aprobación de Ley de Agua”

• March for Water: San Salvador, El Salvador click here to watch the video

• Project on Government Oversight visits TegucigalpaDanielle Brian and Scott Amey meet with members of Congress for an informal information exchange

• Honduran Congressional Delegation Visits Washington, DC
  
  Members of the Honduran Congress visit Washington, DC to meet with American organizations and representatives.

Publications

• Emergency in the Forest - An update on the illegal lumber crisis in Nicaragua and the challenges that face those trying to effect change.
  
  English Version [pdf]
  Versión Español [pdf]
  Press Release (español) [jpg]
  
• Honduras Legislative Directory - On September 27, 2006, Foundation Democracy without Borders hosted the release of the “Legislative Directory 2006-2010: a National Congress for all."
  Electronic Version
  
• The Illegal Logging Crisis in Honduras
  Undercover investigation reveals illegal logging crisis and environmental tragedy in Honduras.
  English Version
  Versión Español
  -To hear an interview (in Spanish) with Robert White, Kathleen Kennedy, and Joseph Eldridge about the illegal logging crisis in Honduras click here