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The brief life and tragic end of the United States of Central America
Two centuries ago, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica formed a national federation. That country’s breakup is a warning for divided societies today.
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Ortega in His Labyrinth
Nicaragua’s president has created an insular dynastic tyranny that eerily resembles the one against which he fought decades ago.
The limits of Biden’s foreign-policy conversion
The president did the right thing in Afghanistan, but that doesn’t mean he’ll abandon his long-standing support for American interventionism.