Jared Olson

Jared Olson is a writer and independent journalist based in Honduras who covers social struggle in Central America. His reporting has appeared in the Intercept, the Nation, VICE World News, and El Faro English, among others.

Articles by Jared Olson

How AMLO Has Fueled Mexico’s Drug War

Dispatch |

Jared Olson

June 23, 2022, 4:35 PM

Members of the Honduran police special forces stand outside the home of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández in Tegucigalpa on Feb. 15.

Hernández’s Arrest Won’t Stop the Drug War

Analysis |

Jared Olson

March 11, 2022, 3:14 PM

Honduran President Xiomara Castro holds up her fist as she wears a blue and white sash at her inauguration. She is standing beside a person in a military uniform.

How Honduras’s Congress Split in Two

Dispatch |

Jared Olson

February 1, 2022, 7:11 PM

Honduran migrants who are part of a caravan heading to the United States get on a truck in southern Mexico.

Will Honduras’s Election Lead to Mass Migration?

Analysis |

Jared Olson

November 26, 2021, 9:00 AM

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The Connection Between LGBTQ Rights and Democracy

Who Managed COVID-19 Best, and Why?

Race to the Bottom: Deep Sea Mining Is the Next Frontier

Does Kyiv Need a Marshall Plan?

Jared Olson

How AMLO Has Fueled Mexico’s Drug War

Hernández’s Arrest Won’t Stop the Drug War

How Honduras’s Congress Split in Two

Will Honduras’s Election Lead to Mass Migration?

The Connection Between LGBTQ Rights and Democracy

Who Managed COVID-19 Best, and Why?

Race to the Bottom: Deep Sea Mining Is the Next Frontier

Does Kyiv Need a Marshall Plan?

From Pushkin to Putin: Russian Literature’s Imperial Ideology