CIIR Catholic Institute for International RelationsCritiques

This Comment describes the aim, achievements and problems of the revolution and sets them in the Central American context. It concludes that the possibility of a decent life for the people of Nicaragua now depends on the policies of the U.S.

The power of El Salvador's landowning and business elite remains intact despite promises of reform. This Comment argues that, unless this strategy changes, there can be neither peace nor justice in El Salvador.

This book examines some of the implications of the CAP and CAP-reform for the Third World. It covers not only the role of the CAP in the broader relationship between the EC and the Third World but also the CAP's influence on specific commodity markets and countries.

This Comment assesses the East Timorese struggle for independence 20 years on from the invasion, looks at the key players and analyses the prospects for a just peace and an end to the international betrayal of the East Timorese people.

This pamphlet finds the answers in Brazil's failure to break free from both internal and external colonialism. It traces the historical formation of Brazil, its industrialisation and resulting debt crisis and its impact on the environment

This Comment analyses political and economic developments under UNO and examines the challenges facing the country's popular movement. It provides a comprehensive assessment of the country's prospects.

This Comment describes the aim, achievements and problems of the revolution and sets them in the Central American context. It concludes that the possibility of a decent life for the people of Nicaragua now depends on the policies of the U.S.

This comment looks at the emergence of pressures for peace in the late 1980s and examines the nature and implementation of the peace accords.

The Comment surveys the historical roots of the crisis in each country, and argues that there can be no lasting peace in Central America until the United States accepts the aspirations of the region's people for social justice.

The Comment analyses the changed political context which has given rise to peace negotiations in El Salvador and Guatemala and examines developments in Nicaragua since the 1990 election defeat of the Sandinista. It contains sections on demilitarisation, human rights, the economy and the international context.

This Comment looks at how the EU came to hold such a dominant position in the world sugar economy and highlights its impact on the South. It challenges the EU to alleviate the human suffering caused by its sugar policies, and makes firm proposals as to how the EU can best achieve this.

This pamphlet traces the development of modern day Colombia and assesses the significance of recent reforms.

This pamphlet explores the realities of the cocaine trade, examines the failures and dangers of the increasingly militarised 'war on drugs' and discusses alternative strategies.

April 1998 report of the Human Rights Office of the Guatemalan Archdiocese, which broke the silence with heart-rending testimony from survivors and witnesses. While not timely, the report provides validation for the families of the disappeared. When i met with the head of this organization back in 1990, every Guatemalan's life would be put at risk for speaking out; he would barely admit to the then current atrocities. When the report was published in 1998, the Guatemalan military murdered the head of the Archdiocese, Bishop Juan Gerardi, two days later.

This Comment traces the rise of the military''s power, its role in the atrocities of the early 1980s and question the extent to which Guatemala has been democratised since the controlled transition to civilian rule in 1985.