In this article, I would like to explain why I attended the Summit of the Americas, what I learned, and what my experience might mean for Hemispheric cooperation.
The IX Summit of the Americas shows the way forward for conducting a resilient diplomacy in a divided world.
El Salvador today is emerging as a new version of the narco-state: a gang state, in which organized crime and authoritarian rule go hand-in-hand.
U.S. leaders have taken exactly the right approach with the new leader of Honduras, welcoming Castro as a partner to resolve the root causes of migration.
El Salvador’s peace has been an imperfect one. But Bukele is mistaken if he believes that erasing the past will build a better future.
Brazilians learned they have a gay governor; LGBTQ acceptance is expanding in some countries; and Chile adopted full marriage equality.
The failures in exporting American democracy call for the reframing of democracy promotion as a strategy. If the Biden administration develops a combined regional strategy, it could represent a renewed opportunity.
Bukele has responded to critics with derision, even changing his Twitter bio to “Dictator of El Salvador.” He leaves just enough doubt to say, “I was only joking.” But it’s not a joke.
En los últimos dos años, por razones diversas, he seguido de cerca lo que ocurre en El Salvador. Debo decir que no me sorprendieron los hechos más recientes, que incluyen la destitución abrupta de los magistrados de la Sala Constitucional y del Fiscal General, por una Asamblea Legislativa en la cual el presidente Nayib Bukele tiene la mayoría holgada.
President Nayib Bukele’s drive to consolidate power represents another test of the international community’s ability to defend democratic principles. With El Salvador’s democracy in grave jeopardy, the stakes for the U.S. and the rest of Central America could not be higher.
