ANITA ISAACS

Department of Political Science, Haverford College, Haverford PA 19041 Tel: 610-896-1067 Fax: 610-896-1495 e-mail: [email protected]

Home: 1 College Lane #3, Haverford PA 19041 and 8300 Wisconsin Avenue, #527 Bethesda, MD 20814 Tel: 610-864-5758

CURRENT POSITION

Benjamin R. Collins Professor of Social Science, Haverford College Professor of Political Science, Haverford College Global Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center

EDUCATION

1985 D. Phil. Politics, Oxford University

1982 M. Phil. Latin American Studies, Oxford University

1980 BA Political Science (first class honors), McGill University

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

2006- Benjamin R. Collins Professor of Social Science, Haverford College

2004 Visiting Professor, University of Pennsylvania

1999-2004 Stinnes Professor of Global Studies, Haverford College

1995- Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Haverford College

1988-94 Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Haverford College

1988 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science,

1984-85 Instructor, Latin American politics, Oxford University

HONORARY APPOINTMENTS

2017- Global Fellow Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington DC

2011-12 Visiting Scholar, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, New York University 2

1997-99 Visiting Professor, Facultad Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) City, Guatemala

1994 Visiting Scholar, Institute for Governmental Affairs, University of California, Davis

1994 Research Associate, Latin American Studies Center, University of California Berkeley

1991 Visiting Professor, Facultad Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) Santiago, Chile

1991 Visiting Fellow, Latin American Centre, St. Antony's College, Oxford University

ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS

2014 - 2015 Chair, Political Science Department, Haverford College

2000-03 Director, Haverford Center for Peace and Global Citizenship

1985-88 Program Officer, The Ford Foundation, New York (responsible for grant making in and the Caribbean in the fields of governance, international affairs and higher education)

CONSULTANCIES

2018 Seattle International Foundation, drafted strategy paper on Central American migration

2017-18 Senior Specialist on Migration, Inter-American Foundation

2016 US Department of State, Workshop on corruption and organized crime Central America

2015-2018 External Reviewer, Guatemala Country Report, Bertelsmann Foundation

2014 US Department of State and Public Action Research, Expert Consultant Authored report on International Support for Civil Society and Transitional Justice in Guatemala

2003-2012 Freedom House Expert Consultant on Guatemala Authored biannual Guatemala reports for Countries at the Crossroads publications.

2009- 2012 New York Times, Expert Consultant on Guatemala http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/news/international/countriesandterritories/guate mala/index.html

2010 New Yorker Magazine 3

Expert Consultant for David Grann, “A Murder Foretold,” The New Yorker (April 4, 2011) Nominated for National Magazine Award, Best Feature Writing, 2012 http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/04/04/110404fa_fact_grann?current Page=all

. 2007 The Soros Foundation (Open Society Institute), Outside Consultant Authored an evaluation of the Washington office on Latin America

2007 Freedom House, Primary Mediator Organized and Mediated a dialogue on Democratic Governance in Guatemala, between political leaders, members of the business community, representatives from democracy and human rights NGOs and indigenous community activists.

2003 Crimes of War Education Project, Expert Consultant Authored essay on Guatemalan war crimes

1996 The Ford Foundation, Education and Culture Program, Consultant Authored a review of Ford Foundation support for the development of Latin American Studies in the US

1995 Inter-American Dialogue, External Evaluator Authored a strategic review of the Inter-American Dialogue

1992-94 The Ford Foundation, Latin American and Caribbean Program, External Consultant Reviewed and authored proposals for grant action and program strategy papers

1982-83 International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Ottawa Authored an evaluation of the IDRC’s Latin American fellowship program.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

2007- Expert Witness, asylum cases (Guatemala and ) Authored affidavits and provided court testimony asylum and deportation cases involving undocumented migrants from Guatemala and Ecuador

2012 Expert Witness, Public Defenders Office, Philadelphia Provided court testimony on criminal case involving undocumented Guatemalan immigrant

2012 Member, Selection Committee, American Political Science Association Distinguished Teaching Award

2011 Member, Advisory Committee, Council on Foreign Relations Special Report on Central America Criminality

2009 Testimony, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, June 9, 2009 Testified before House hearing on “Guatemala at a Crossroads” http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-111hhrg50293/pdf/CHRG- 111hhrg50293.pdf 4

2003 Organization of American States, International Election Observer, Guatemala

HONORS AND AWARDS

2012 The Atlantic Wire, “It’s Not About Assange,” selected as one of “Today’s Best Columns” August 20, 2012, available at: http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2012/08/five-best-monday- columns/55943/

2009 Haverford College, Center for Peace and Global Citizenship, Faculty Research Award

2000 Haverford College Prize for Innovation in Teaching

1998 Elected to Who’s’ Who Among America’s Teachers

1998 American Political Science Association's Rowman and Littlefield Award for Innovative Teaching in Political Science

1997 Institute of Peace Grant for research on peace and democratization in Guatemala

1995 Haverford College Prize for Innovation in Teaching

1994 Christian and Mary F. Lindback Foundation Teaching Fellowship Annual award given for outstanding teaching

1992 Twentieth Century Fund Grant for writing monograph on promoting democracy in Latin America)

1992 The Hewlett Foundation Award for developing innovative curriculum in the field international affairs

1992 The Ford Foundation, Social Justice Grant Award for developing social justice curriculum

1983 International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Ottawa Young Canadian Researcher Award

PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS

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From Victims to Citizens: The Politics of Transitional Justice in Postwar Guatemala (book manuscript in progress, advance contract from University of Pennsylvania Press)

A Life in the Trenches: The Political Memoir of a Mayan Activist (in progress)

The Politics of Military Rule and Transition in Ecuador (Macmillan, and the University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993)

ARTICLES:

“Guatemala: The Military in Politics,” (with Rachel Schwartz) in Oxford Encyclopedia of the Military in Politics, (New York: Oxford University Press), forthcoming.

“Pressure Central America, Don’t Cut it Off,” (With Anne Preston), New York Times, op-ed, April 2, 2019.

“The Democrats Latest Political Misstep on Immigration,” (with Anne Preston), New York Times, op-ed in print February 16, 2019, available at https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/opinion/democrats-immigrants- ice.html?searchResultPosition=1

“From Reconciliation to Rule of Law,” The Shifting Landscape of International Transitional Justice in Guatemala (with Rachel Schwartz) in Paige Arthur and Christalla Yakinthou (eds.), Transitional Justice, International Assistance and Civil Society: Missed Connections (New York: Cambridge University, 2018)

“Cold War Echoes in Central America,” New York Times, op-ed in print May 2, 2018, available at https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/02/opinion/cold-war-central-america.html

“Guatemala’s Democratic Crisis Point,” New York Times, op-ed in print, September 6, 2017, available at https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/06/opinion/guatemala-democracy-organized- crime.html?mcubz=3&_r=0

“The Immigrants No One Wants,” op-ed, in print June 22, 2017, available at https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/22/opinion/guatemala-immigrants.html?_r=0 also published in Spanish as “Los inmigrantes que nadie quiere,” 23 june, 2017 available at https://www.nytimes.com/es/2017/06/23/los-inmigrantes-que-nadie-quiere/

“Guatemala’s Fragile Progress,” New York Times, op-ed, September 14, 2016, available at http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/15/opinion/guatemalas-fragile-progress.html?_r=0

“A Wrong Turn for Guatemalan Democracy,” New York Times, op-ed, in print November 5, 2015, available at http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/06/opinion/a-wrong-turn-for-guatemalan- democracy.html

“America’s Second Chance in Guatemala,” New York Times, op-ed, in print June 22, 2015, available on line at http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/23/opinion/americas-second-chance-in- guatemala.html?_r=0 6

“Guatemala: Una Paz Incompleta/An Incomplete Peace,” in Daniele Volpe, Chukel (Stockholm: Diakonia, 2015)

(Buscando/Seeking), “New Bad Old Times for Guatemala,” New York Times, op-ed, in print May 14, 2014, available at http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/15/opinion/new-bad-old-times-for- guatemala.html

“In Guatemala, justice after all these years,” Miami Herald, op-ed, in print February 7, 2013 available at http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/02/06/3220722/in-guatemala-justice-after- all.html#storyBody

“Repression Resistance and Indigenous Rights in Guatemala,” (with Rachel Schwartz) Americas Quarterly, Winter 2013 available at http://americasquarterly.org/content/repression-resistance-and- indigenous-rights-guatemala

“It’s Not About Assange,” New York Times, op-ed, in print August 20, 2012, online August 19, 2012, available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/20/opinion/why-correa-lets-assange-stay-in- ecuador-embassy.html (reprinted in International Herald Tribune, August 20, 2012 and in Yale Global Online, available at http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/it’s-not-about-assange, The Financial Express, available at: http://www.financialexpress.com/news/its-not-about-assange/990735/

“At War with the Past? The politics of truth seeking in postwar Guatemala,” International Journal of Transitional Justice, April 2010

“Guatemala on the Brink”, Journal of Democracy, 21, 2 (April 2010)

“Guatemala,” Countries at the Crossroads (New York: Freedom House, March, 2010)

“La Crisis post-Rosenberg y el rol EE.UU,” Informe Guatemala, 78 (August, 2009)

“Truth and the Challenge of Reconciliation in Guatemala,” Reconciliation(s) Richard Vernon and Joanna Quinn (eds.) (McGill-Queens University Press, 2009)

“Guatemala”, Countries at the Crossroads (New York: Freedom House, 2006)

“Guatemala”, Countries at the Crossroads (New York: Freedom House, 2004)

“Government and Politics in Ecuador”, Handbook of Latin American Studies: Social Sciences, 59 (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2003.)

“Los problemas de la consolidacion democratica en Ecuador”, Felipe Burbano (ed.) Democracia, Gobernabilidad y Cultura Politica (Quito: FLACSO, 2003)

“Guatemala’s War Crimes” Crimes of War: What the Public Should Know, (Spanish edition) and David Rieff (eds.), 2003

"International Assistance for Democracy: a cautionary tale" Jorge Dominguez (ed.) The Future Of Inter-American Affairs, (New York: Routledge, 2000)

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"Ecuador", Collier' s Encyclopedia, 1998

"Sustaining Democracy in Ecuador", The State of Democratic Governance in the Americas, Jorge Dominguez and Abraham F. Lowenthal (eds.) (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996)

'International Support for Democratization: A Map and Some Policy guidelines as Derived from case studies of Chile, Haiti, Peru and El Salvador", in The Limits of Sovereignty and the Collective Defense of Democracy, Tom Farer (ed.) (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996)

'Ecuador', Oxford Companion to World Politics (New York: Oxford University Press, 1993)

'Problems of Democratic Consolidation in Ecuador', Bulletin of Latin American Research, 10, 2 (1991): 221-38

WEB-BASED PUBLICATIONS

“Time is Running Out for Democracy in Guatemala,” (with Alvaro Montenegro) New York Times, August 22, 2019, available at https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/22/opinion/guatemala- election.html

“What Trump Gets Wrong About Central American Aid” (with Anne Preston), New York Times, April 1, 2019 available at https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/01/opinion/trump-central- america-aid.html

“Tear Gas and intimidation won’t fix the root causes of immigration,” (with Anne Preston) Washington Post, November 26, 2018, available at https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global- opinions/wp/2018/11/26/tear-gas-and-intimidation-wont-fix-the-root-causes-of- migration/?utm_term=.f2749068de2c

“Deporting the American Dream,” New York Times, July 9, 2018 available at https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/09/opinion/mexico-migrants-deportation.html, (also translated into Spanish and available at https://www.nytimes.com/es/2018/07/11/opinion-deportacion- suenos-mexico/)

“El sector privado esta cambiando,” Nomada, 11 September 2017, available at https://nomada.gt/el-sector-privoado-esta-cambiando/

“Dos riesgos y una oportunidad en la deportacion de migrantes,” Nomada, 10 May 2017, available at https://nomada.gt/dos-riesgos-y-una-oportunidad-en-la-deportacion-de-migrantes/

“We Enabled Genocide, but the Elite Committed It,” : Room for Debate, May 19, 2013, available at: http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/05/19/what-guilt-does-the- us-bear-in-guatemala/we-enabled-guatemalan-genocide-but-the-elite-committed-it

“On the Brink of Justice in Guatemala,” New York Times: op-ed, March 27, 2013, available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/28/opinion/on-the-brink-of-justice-in- guatemala.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-nytimesworld

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“Post-Chavez Venezuela: A Peaceful Transition is Key,” The New York Times: Room for Debate, January 3, 2013, available at: http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/01/03/venezuela-post- chavez/in-post-chavez-venezuela-a-peaceful-transition-is-key

“Totonicapán: A Familiar Tale with the Hope for an Unlikely Outcome,” Americas Quarterly: Web Exclusive, October 29, 2012 (with Rachel Schwartz), available at http://www.americasquarterly.org/totonicapan-a-familiar-tale-with-the-hope-for-an-unlikely- outcome

“Guatemala,” Countries at the Crossroads (New York: Freedom House, 2012), available at: http://www.freedomhouse.org/report/countries-crossroads/2012/guatemala

Written Statement before House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, June 9, 2009, available at http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/111/50293.pdf

“Confronting the Past: The Challenge of Truth, Justice and Reparations in Guatemala”, (Madrid: Real Instituto Elcano de Estudios Internacionales y Estrategicos, 10 January 2006) http://www.realinstitutoelcano.org/analisis/879.asp also appears as “Superando el Pasado? Verdad, justicia y resarcimiento en Guatemala”, (Madrid: Real Instituto Elcano de Estudios Internacionales y Estrategicos, 11 January 2006) http://www.realinstitutoelcano.org/analisis/880.asp reprinted en Revista Futuros, 15, 6 (2006) http://www.revistafuturos.info

BOOK REVIEWS

Review, Silvia Posocco, Secrecy and Insurgency: Socialities and Knowledge Practices in Guatemala, in Latin American Politics and Society, Spring, 2015.

Review, George Lovell, “A Beauty that Hurts: Life and Death in Guatemala” Journal of Developing Areas, 2001

Review of “Of Centaurs and Doves: Guatemala’s Peace Process” in Latin American Politics and Society, 43, 1, Spring 2001

Review of "The World Bank and Non-Governmental Organizations: The Limits of Development", Studies in Comparative International Development

Review of "Theories of Dependent Foreign Policy: the case of Ecuador", Journal of Latin American Studies 28 (May 1996)

Review of "Ecuador: " The Journal of Latin American Studies, 1996

Review of 'Whirlpool: US Foreign Policy Toward Latin America and the Caribbean', in Political Science Quarterly (1993)

Review of 'Party Politics and Elections in Latin America', in The Journal of Latin American Studies, 22, 3 (October, 1990)

Review of 'The Process of Political Domination in Ecuador', The Journal of Latin American Studies, 16, 2 (November, 1984) 9

RECENT INVITED LECTURES, CONFERENCE PAPERS AND WORKSHOP PARTICIPATION

“Central American Migration: Dynamics, Dilemmas and Policy Alternatives,” lecture delivered at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House), London, November 22, 2019.

“Alternatives to Migration,” lecture delivered to Haverford Alumni Council, Washington DC, April 26, 2018

State Department, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Briefing for incoming Ambassador to Guatemala, August 25, 2017.

Participant, Roundtable discussion on immigration and resilience, Atlantic Council, April 21, 2017

“Indigenous Peoples: Conflict, Peace and Resolution,” speech delivered at the 13th meeting of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, May 17, 2016. Available at http://webtv.un.org/meetings-events/watch/13th-meeting-permanent-forum-on-indigenous-issues- fifteenth-session-9-20-may-2016/4900024769001

“International Assistance for Civil Society: Transitional Justice in postwar Guatemala and Beyond,” Workshop on International Assistance for Civil Society and Transitional Justice, International Center for Transitional Justice, September 2014

“International Assistance for Democracy,” Reimagining Democracy, 15th Annual Symi Symposium (organized by George Papandreou), Spetses, Greece, July 2014

“Three Reads on Democracy and Elections,” Reimagining Democracy, 15th Annual Symi Symposium (Organized by George Papandreou), Spetses, Greece, July 2014

“Teaching Latin American Politics in a Liberal Arts College,” Latin American Studies Association, Chicago, May 2014

“Why Transitional Justice Matters,” Clark University, Genocide Program, November, 2013

“Exhumations as Transitional Justice,” University of Cyprus, Nicosia, October, 2013

“Genocide on Trial in Guatemala,” Boston College Law School, April 3, 2013

“The Politics of Reparations”, New York University, November 2011

“Democratic Alternatives to Mano Dura,” Inter-American Dialogue discussion on Guatemala’s Uncertain Future: Combating Crime and Impunity, Washington, September 2011

“Security and Democracy in Guatemala,” Inter-American Dialogue's Congressional Members Working Group, Washington DC, June 2009

“Guatemala in Crisis,” Testimony before the United States Congress, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, June, 2009

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“La doble mirada: perspectivas sobre la movilizacion social despues del conflicto armado,” CONAVIGUA, Guatemala City, November 2008

“Los desafios de la verdad y la reconciliacion: perspectivas desde Guatemala,” Centro de Estudios Sociales y Legales, Buenos Aires, October 2008

“The Challenge of Postwar Reparations,” International Center for Transitional Justice, New York, September 2008

“Is the glass half full or half empty? The challenge of democratization in Guatemala,” Freedom House Dialogue on Democratic Governance, Guatemala City, November 2007

“Towards reconciliation?” Donors breakfast meeting, convened by USAID, Guatemala City, March 2007

“Los desafíos del resarcimiento,” Programa Nacional de Resarcimiento, (National Reparations Program) Guatemala City, January 2007

“Perspectivas sobre la justicia,” Ministry of Defense, Guatemala City, January 2007

“Los desafíos de la Reconciliación,” CONAVIGUA, Guatemala City, January 2007

“Los desafíos de la reconciliación: perspectivas desde el mundo rural” Nebaj, Guatemala, January 2007

“Verdad, justicia y resarcimiento,” Santiago de Atitlan, Guatemala, January 2007

“Los Comalapenses y la reconciliación,” Comalapa, Guatemala, January 2007

Verdad, Justicia, y Resarcimiento: perspectivas sobre la reconciliación,” FUNDESA, Guatemala City, January 2007

“Resumiendo la encuesta: los desafíos de la reconciliación en Guatemala,” Soros Foundation, Guatemala, January 2007

“The challenges of reconciliation: truth, justice and reparations,” USAID: Guatemala, January 2007

“Verdad, justicia y resarcimiento: una condición para la reconciliación en Guatemala,” Guatemala City, March 2006

“la nueva generación y los desafíos de la reconciliación,” Universidad Rafael Landivar, Guatemala City, March 2006

“la reconciliación desde la perspectiva del sector empresarial,” Guatemala City, March 2006

“las fuerzas armadas en Guatemala: se busca la reconciliación?” Ministry of Defense, Guatemala City, March 2006

“que piden las víctimas: en busqueda de la reconciliación,” CONAVIGUA, Guatemala City, March 2006

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“Superando el pasado? verdad, justicia y resarcimiento en Guatemala,” Real Instituto Elcano, Madrid, December 2005

“Truth and the Challenge of Reconciliation in Guatemala,” University of Western Ontario, May 2005

“Truth and Trauma: Lessons from Guatemala,” Villanova University, April 2005

“From Peace Making to Peace Building”, Swarthmore College, March 2005

“Does Truth Heal? Perspectives from Guatemala”, Legacies of Violence: Memory and Political Transition in Central America and the Southern Cone, Tulane University, October, 2004

PRESS AND MEDIA APPEARANCES

“Is Trump a “Good Neighbor to Venezuela and Central America,” To the Point, hosted by Warren Olney, KCRW, April 11, 2019, available at https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/to-the-point/is- trump-a-good-neighbor-to-venezuela-and-central-america

“Are There Ways to Improve Aid to Central America?’ Here and Now, WBUR, April 3, 2019, available at https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2019/04/03/aid-to-central-america

“Trump Announces Aid Cuts to El Salvador, Guatemala and ,” The Brian Lehrer Show, WNYC, April 2, 2019 available at https://www.wnyc.org/story/trump-announces-aid-cuts-el- salvador-guatemala-and-honduras/

Podcast: Why trump Should Support Guatemala’s Corruption Fight,” America’s Quarterly Online, September 13, 2018, available at: https://www.americasquarterly.org/content/podcast-why-trump- should-support-guatemalas-corruption-fight

“Guatemala’s new president: No joke,” The Economist, October 21, 2015, available at http://www.economist.com/news/americas/21677249-election-comedian-gamble-no-joke

“Have a laugh at Guatemala’s new president,” Maclean’s, October 29, 2015 available at http://www.macleans.ca/news/world/have-a-laugh-at-guatemalas-new-president/

“Guatemala: Anti -corruption spirit ebbs ahead of elections. Can it be revived?” The Christian Science Monitor, October 21, 2015 available at http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2015/1021/Guatemala-Anti-corruption-spirit-ebbs- ahead-of-elections.-Can-it-be-revived

“Can Corruption be wiped out in Guatemala,” Al Jazeera, August 29, 2015 available at http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2015/08/corruption-wiped-guatemala- 150828200646119.html 12

“Can political leadership in Central America reverse conditions fueling migration,” PBS Newshour, July 25, 2014, available at http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/can-political-leadership-central- america-reverse-conditions-fueling-migration/

“General Montt Genocide Verdict,” Marc Steiner Show, NPR Baltimore, WEAA 88.9FM, May 24, 2013 available at http://www.steinershow.org/category/podcasts/

Randal Archibold, “Ex-President Portillo of Guatemala is Extradited to U.S.,” New York Times, May 24, 2013, available at http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/25/world/americas/ex-president- portillo-of-guatemala-is-extradited-to-us.html

“Genocide Verdict Annulled in Guatemala,” Ian Masters Background Briefing, NPR Los Angeles, May 21 audio available at http://ianmasters.com/content/may-21-stepping-each-others-toes- diplomatic-dance-genocide-verdict-anulled-guatemala-apple-a

Nicholas Casey, “Frailty of Guatemala’s Institutions Seen in Former Dictator’s Case, , May 21, 2013 available at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323648304578497441100221174.html

Nicholas Casey, “Guatemala Genocide Case Pressures Leader,” The Wall Street Journal, May 12, 2013, available at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323716304578479312404276852.html

Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, “Guatemalans hail historic genocide verdict,” Aljazeera, May 11, 2013 available at http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/05/20135116568195197.html?utm_content=twe ets&utm_campaign=Trial3&utm_source=SocialFlow&utm_term=twitter&utm_medium=Experime ntMasterAccount

Nicholas Casey, “Doubts Cast Over Guatemala Ex-Dictator’s Trial,” The Wall Street Journal, April 23, 2013, available at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323551004578437013856080192.html?KEYWOR DS=guatemala&cb=logged0.5249429785180837

Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, “Uncertainty looms as judge suspends genocide trial of former Guatemala dictator,” The Christian Science Monitor, April 19, 2013, available at: http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2013/0419/Uncertainty-looms-as-judge-suspends- genocide-trial-of-former-Guatemala-dictator

Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, “Guatemalan court faces calls to halt former dictator’s genocide trial,” The Christian Science Monitor, April 18, 2013, available at http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2013/0418/Guatemalan-court-faces-calls-to-halt- former-dictator-s-genocide-trial

Mariano Castillo, “Guatemala confronts a dark chapter,” CNN, April 11, 2013, available at http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/11/world/americas/guatemala-rios-montt-trial/index.html

Elisabeth Malkin, “Ex-Dictator is Ordered to Trial in Guatemala for War Crimes,” The New York Times, January 29, 2013, available at http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/29/world/americas/ex- dictator-is-ordered-to-trial-in-guatemala-for-war-crimes.html?_r=0 13

Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, “Soldiers’ Arrest Marks Shift in Guatemala,” Associated Press, October 21, 2012, available at: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/soldiers-arrest-marks-shift- guatemala-17529886#.UJJoqc3V21I

Gina Harkins, “Marines Spot Traffickers from Guatemalan Skies,” Marine Corps Times, August 27, 2012, available at: http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/prime/2012/08/PRIMEmarine-busting-drug- traffickers-in-guatemala-082712/8fa2a67f9214c7994dfd823174014787

PJ Crowley, “Viewpoint: a risky Ecuador-Assange alliance,” BBC News, August 24, 2012, available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19373707

“Background Briefing with Ian Masters,” KPFK 90.7 FM, Los Angeles (NPR) August 20, 2012, available at: http://ianmasters.com/sites/default/files/mp3/bbriefing_2012_08_20full_audioport.mp3

BBC News, “Julian Assange: Media reaction to balcony speech,” August 20, 2012, available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19316973

CBC News, “Guatemala President Mulls Drug Legalization,” February 14, 2012 available at: http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/02/14/guatemala-drug-cartel.html

Ramona Ruiz-Goiriena, “Guatemala Says it’s Weighing Drug Legalization,” Associated Press, February 13, 2012, available at: http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-02-13/guatemala-drug-legalization/53082180/1

“Guatemala: Will President Molina’s Crackdown on Drug Cartels Work?” International Business Times, January 17, 2012 available at: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/282855/20120117/guatemala-will-president-molina-s-crackdown- drug.htm

Dana Farrington, “Guatemala’s Legacy of Violence Follows New Leader to Power,” National Public Radio, The two-way, January 14, 2012, available at http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo- way/2012/01/14/145210344/guatemalas-legacy-of-violence-follows-new-leader-to-power

Elizabeth Wagner, “Guatemala’s Uncertain Future: Combating Crime and Impunity,” Inter- American Dialogue, September 20, 2011, available at http://www.thedialogue.org/page.cfm?pageID=32&pubID=2742

Nicholas Casey, “Guatemala Polls Favor Iron-Fisted Candidate,” Wall Street Journal, September 12, 2011

Nicholas Casey, “Raging Drug War Boosts Controversial Ex-General,” Wall Street Journal, November 5, 2011

Nicholas Casey, “Mexican Gang Moves into Guatemala,” Wall Street Journal, June 22, 2011

Nicholas Casey, ”Guatemala Declares a State of Siege,” Wall Street Journal, December 20, 2010

“Guatemala Declares State of Siege Due To Zeta Presence Near Mexican Border,” Latin America News Dispatch, December 20, 2010, available at http://latindispatch.com/2010/12/20/guatemala- declares-state-of-siege-due-to-zeta-presence-near-mexican-border/ 14

Ezra Feiser, “The Guatemalan Who Ordered His Own Murder,” TIME, January 14, 2010 available at http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1953486,00.html

Ezra Feiser and Sara Miller Llana, “Guatemala Murder Scandal Could Threaten Presidency, Christian Science Monitor, May 20, 2009, available at http://transdoc.com.gt/interna.php?id=9745

Marc Lacey, “Guatemalan Leaders Under Pall in Lawyer’s Killing,” The New York Times, May 21, 2009, available at http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1953486,00.html

Ezra Feiser, “A Video from the Grave Sends Guatemala Into Crisis,” TIME, May 14, 2009 Available at: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1898360,00.html

Worldfocus, Radio Show on “Guatemala: Behind the famine,” October 7, 2009, available at http://worldfocus.org/blog/tag/lisa-biagiotti/page/3/

COURSES TAUGHT

Forced Migrants and Refugees Politics of Transitional Justice Perspectives on Civil War and Revolution Politics of Violence Politics of Ethnic and Civil Conflict Peacebuilding: Reconciliation, Reintegration and Reconstruction Promoting Democratic Citizenship in the Americas Democracy and Civil Society Comparative Democratization Introduction to Comparative Politics Inter-American Relations Inter-American Dialogue Politics of Protest in the United States and Latin America Latin American Politics Politics of the Andean Region Politics of Central America

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