Juan Pablo Martinez
Juan Pablo is a Political Science Graduate Student at the University of Texas at San Antonio. He holds a B.A. in International Relations from the University of St.Thomas, in Houston, TX.
His research interests include U.S. Foreign Policy, American Government, Latin American Politics, Electoral Proceses, International Relations and Conflict Resolution. He was born in Bogota, Colombia, and he moved to the U.S. in 1998.
He joined the Chronicle Staff in February of 2006.
Articles by Juan Pablo Martinez
This past Sunday Colombians went to the polls to elect their new Congress. Local news outlets such as El Tiempo and El Espectador, reported a sweeping victory for the “Uribistas”, candidates supporting president Alvaro Uribe Velez and his government program.
The voters were not the only ones surp...
Keeping inmates shackled while giving birth is common practice on nearly half of the Country?s States, a report by Amnesty International says. On a recent press release, the human rights organization cited the report: ?Abuse of Women in Custody: sexual misconduct and shackling of pregnant women?, w...