The fight for democracy and human rights in Cuba
A conversation with Cuban political and human rights activist Manuel Cuesta Morúa
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June 10, 2019
Fear and loathing of civil society in Cuba
The Cuban government’s ideologically-driven operating principle has always been that only the state can define and promote minority interests. The independent LGBTI+ marches in May demonstrated the government’s fear of its citizens’ growing sense of autonomy.
Armando Chaguaceda
May 30, 2019
Deadlocked Venezuela
Juan Guaidó’s swearing in as interim president on January 23, 2019 and his recognition by more than 50 countries as Venezuela’s legitimate president has consolidated him as the leader of the opposition. But real power remains elusive for the young leader. What must happen to finally trigger change in Venezuela?
Andrés Cañizález
May 23, 2019
Candidates for the 2021-2024 Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
On May 21st, five candidates presented their credentials for membership of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights for the 2021-2024 term. Four posts need to be filled.
Jimena Galindo and Victoria Gaytan
May 22, 2019
Tropical Stonewall
On May 11, Cuba’s LGBTQI community took to the streets of Havana for the island’s annual gay pride parade, despite the government’s ban. But, in responding to protestors with its usual counteroffensive, the state was met with a sort of tropical Stonewall.
Armando Chaguaceda
May 21, 2019
Piñera, PROSUR and autocratic China
A month after promoting the establishment of PROSUR, Chilean President Sebastián Piñera contradicted the central principles of the new regional bloc during a trip to China.
Gabriel Salvia
April 29, 2019
The cost of systemic corruption in Honduras: Migration north
To address the socio-economic and security conditions driving transnational migration, Honduras will first have to solve the systemic corruption and democratic governance challenges plaguing the country.
Patricio Provitina
April 23, 2019
Maduro’s hidden censorship apparatus
Though often neglected in coverage of the political battle between Guaidó and Maduro, restrictions to digital freedoms have become an important means for Maduro to silence his critics.
Samuel Woodhams
March 14, 2019
An AMIA verdict is read in Argentina. But is this justice?
Twenty-five years after the bombing of Argentina’s largest Jewish community center, family members of the 85 victims are still haunted by the unsolved case and those who may have covered it up.
Natasha Zaretsky
March 1, 2019
Why congressional Republicans should support the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
A group of nine Republican U.S. Senators have sent a letter to Secretary of State Pompeo asking him to cut U.S. funding to the IACHR. What they’re doing is undercutting their own party’s human rights agenda.
Christopher Sabatini
March 1, 2019