Is the mano dura working in El Salvador?

How Can Income Inequality in Latin America be reduced beyond Commodity Booms? Dr Amir Lebdioui's first report as Canning House Research Fellow at the LSE Latin America and Caribbean Centre examines inequality and trade diversification in Latin America.

The recent anniversary of the end of the Porfiriato, the 30-year period in which Mexico was ruled by the military dictator Porfirio Díaz, and the beginning of the Mexican Revolution offers us a chance to reflect on how relations have changed between civilian governments and the military in the century since his regime was ended at the hands of Mexican revolutionaries - writes Joe Brandon.