LGBTI Victories in the Caribbean and a Turning Point for LGBTI Rights in the Americas
The legal victories in the Caribbean offer a glimmer of hope that the moral arc on LGBTI rights continues to bend toward justice in the Americas.
The legal victories in the Caribbean offer a glimmer of hope that the moral arc on LGBTI rights continues to bend toward justice in the Americas.
A number of important achievements in the fight for LGBTQ rights took place in the region in 2022, especially in countries with lagging records in this area.
Diagnosis of the crisis has been easy—but what key actors in Haiti and its international partners can agree on what to do about has remained muddled.
If Dominican political actors do not engage in a serious discussion to modernize its electoral process, protests and electoral boycotts represent possible destabilization factors.
The Holness administration’s reactive approach has watered down the intended purpose of an SOE as a tool of last resort. Instead, it has become the primary policy tool.
Chami, Teelucksingh, and Anatol have produced a timely and thought-provoking book that has taken a step forward in pulling together broad strands of international developments that are redefining the international security landscape and the Caribbean’s place in these shifts.
Few expect that sending a new international “reaction force” to Haiti will solve the country’s problems more than the United States and international efforts in the past—yet none can afford to do nothing—for good conscience or political expediency.
As CARICOM member states diplomatically contend with the fallout of the Russia-Ukraine war, which is an era-inducing catalyst for systemic change, the duality of purpose of their national interests has shone through on the international stage.
On Wednesday, the U.N. Security Council postponed votes on U.S.-proposed resolutions to address gang violence and ease supply shortages in Haiti. The resolutions, which the U.S. and Mexico support, would send a multinational action force to contest criminal gangs’ control over water and fuel supplies.
While a relatively isolated society can avoid dealing with corruption, Suriname’s increasingly open economy and globally-connected youth are accordingly less forgiving of the old systems of patronage in government.