PROFILE
FROM Michael McDonald
Looking for clues in early voting Even before tonight’s final debate in Las Vegas, some two million voters have already cast their ballots. Is either side getting a head start? Is early voting a good predictor of how things will look when the election is over? Have they left any signs about what’s to come?
Turmoil in Guatemala Extraordinary events occurred in Guatemala over the weekend. Today, despite pressure to do so, President Otto Perez Molina is refusing to step down. The pressure is coming from tens of thousands of citizens, the nation’s most powerful business group, and even the Catholic church. Much of his cabinet has stepped down and his Vice President has been arrested.
Central American Violence We’ve been hearing about the surge of children from Central America making the dangerous journey north to try to cross the US border. Since October, more than 50,000 of them have been detained. That’s almost double last year’s count. And tens of thousands more are thought to have slipped through. We hear about the extreme violence in El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala that is driving people north.
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