A careful review of the data reveals an increase in political detention and imprisonment in Venezuela—often without trial—and illustrates the justifications the government uses to silence its opponents.
Mientras la crisis humanitaria en Venezuela va en aumento, el silencio regional solamente ha sido quebrado por las denuncias del Secretario General de la OEA. Pero la responsabilidad de proteger obliga a los países a intervenir cuando se vulneran los derechos de una población.
The roots of Venezuela’s food insecurity stretch back more than a century. But it took the current government’s severely misguided policies to bring the country to the brink of starvation.
The debate should no longer be about how democratic or authoritarian the government of Nicolas Maduro has become. It should be how criminal it’s become—a question that opens up a whole new set of policy challenges.
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.
Recientemente la conocida organización Amnistía Internacional (AI) dio a conocer su informe 2016/2017, en el que hace un recuento sobre la situación de derechos humanos en el mundo. Entre los países de América Latina, Venezuela destacó negativamente.
Let’s be clear: NATO isn’t encroaching in the hemisphere, nor does China represent a stable path out of dependency for Latin America. The former is a convenient, traditional boogey man and the latter an ahistorical pipe dream.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s disrespect for the Mexican president and his ugly attacks against immigrants and—by implication—Latin American citizens have given Latin American leaders like Rafael Correa and Danilo Medina a moral platform they don’t deserve.
President Trump’s row with Mexico has placed U.S. cooperation with its southern neighbors in jeopardy—and with it U.S. national interests and security. But it’s not too late to change course.
La Mesa de la Unidad Democrática (MUD) ha dado por concluido el diálogo político con el gobierno de Nicolás Maduro. Y no podía esperarse otra cosa. Entre octubre y diciembre el régimen ganó un tiempo precioso, junto a la desactivación de la presión opositora, y en verdad no entregó nada a cambio.
