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John Perry lives in Nicaragua and writes about Central America, but also writes on issues about housing and migration in the UK. He blogs for the London Review of Books and Public Finance.

Articles by John Perry

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Manuel Serrano is Junior Editor at DemocraciaAbierta.

European integration

Six countries. Six different paths to EU integration.

No to TTIP

The secretive EU-US trade deal explained

Guantánamo - time to end the lease

John Perry 11 March 2015

Those who protest that only regime change and full recognition of human rights in Cuba should precede any deal have surely had their arguments demolished.

A Cuban diary

John Perry 29 January 2014

Which way should Cuba look for its future – north or south? Or might it, through trial and error, find a different path that could have lessons for all of us?

Honduras - three years after the coup

John Perry 27 June 2012

On the third anniversary of the coup, the resistance movement faces formidable obstacles in attempting to recreate the space for progressive politics which began to open up under Zelaya, but which led to his downfall.

Costa Rica puts its eco-reputation at risk

John Perry 15 December 2011

Costa Rica is renowned for its excellent environmental record, but with the construction of a 150km road beside the San Juan river it appears to be going against that reputation by causing enormous damage to the environment.

A predictable election

John Perry 9 November 2011

Attempts to claim electoral fraud this weekend in Nicaragua, by elements in the national press and in the US, were thwarted. They ignore significant social advances by the newly re-elected Daniel Ortega, argues John Perry. A version of this article was first published on the LRB blog