U.S. Backs Probe of OAS Head
Last Saturday, the U.S. backed calls for an external probe into a potentially intimate relationship involving OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro and a Mexican-born staffer, reported Associated Press.
Ortega seizes another term following rigged elections in Nicaragua
On Sunday, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, won reelection following a year of political prosecutions, bans on opposition parties, and laws to curtail the independent press.
Adrift in the Caribbean: Haiti and the international community
The international community’s role in Haiti is adrift. None of this is going to end well.
The OAS, Venezuela, and crimes against humanity
The OAS General Secretariat has made history by documenting the crimes against humanity of a dictatorship while it is still in power. What should OAS member states do?
With the Nicaragua vote the OAS proves its (limited) relevance
The rogue ALBA states are no longer the only threats to the survival of the OAS. Its action on Nicaragua proves why we need it now more than ever.
Fourteen (plus four) principled governments in the hemisphere
In the strongest language so far, a joint statement signed by 14 states (and supported by 4-more Caribbean states) condemns Venezuela under the Inter-Democratic Charter. And it asks other member states to follow up if Venezuela doesn’t comply.
Latin America will not unite
Pan-hemispheric solidarity and unity has long been a dream of independence fighters, politicians, academics and dreamers. Given the state of the Americas today, you can forget about it.
Una semana clave para el futuro de Venezuela
Este jueves, a pedido de Almagro, se considerará en la OEA la activación de la Carta Democrática Interamericana contra Venezuela. Si bien es probable que la region no apruebe que hubo una alteración del orden constitucional en este país, el mero acto de debatir la situación aumentará la presión para que Maduro acepte el referéndum revocatorio.