EL SALVADOR: Indirect Path Brings Youth-at-Risk Program Officer to a Happy Place
March 12, 2010
EL SALVADOR: Indirect Path Brings Youth-at-Risk Program Officer to a Happy Place Juan Jose Hernandez’s professional trajectory has been anything but conventional. From the priesthood he turned to psychiatry and from there to becoming El Salvador’s chief of police following... Read MoreELECTIONS: A Framework to Deter Electoral Violence in Unstable Situations
March 12, 2010
ELECTIONS: A Framework to Deter Electoral Violence in Unstable Situations Election workshop attendees, Dorothy Taft, Director of USAID’s Office of Democracy and Governance, and William Lafontaine from the U.S. Department of Defense. Despite an arctic cold day, over 35 experts... Read MoreEL SALVADOR: The Call for Restorative Justice
March 12, 2010
EL SALVADOR: The Call for Restorative Justice Aida Luz Santos de Escobar, President of the National Public Security Council of El Salvador, speaking at the Regional Restorative Justice Forum’s opening ceremony. AJR Director Salvador Stadthagen is seated at right. Violent... Read MoreStabilization & Development: Getting to Local, Long-term Solutions
December 15, 2009
An insurgency has been raging for some time and threatens to extend beyond its borders, drawing an entire region into conflict. The U.S. Government, led by the State Department, USAID, and the Defense Department debates how to address the situation....Read More
GUATEMALA: Historic Soccer Match Between Former Gang Members and Government Officials
December 15, 2009
A crowd of 10,000 turned out to cheer as 15 former gang members spilled out onto Guatemala’s Mateo Flores National Stadium to face a team of government officials including the Chief of Police, the Minister of Culture, the Presidential Sports Commissioner, police officers, firemen, and two Armed Forces Generals in an historic soccer match....Read More