Fates of 53 dissidents show difficulty of Cuba policy
The fates of 53 dissidents released as a result of Washington’s rapprochement with Havana show just how hard it will be for the U.S. to push human rights in Cuba… Read more »
Category: Latin America/Caribbean
Down the Rabbit Hole: the UNHRC’s Universal Review Process
As part of a National Endowment for Democracy project addressing the voting records and activities of the United Nations Human Right Council (UNHRC), Chris Sabatini and Amy Williams examine the recommendations… Read more »
Venezuela ‘braced for bitter political showdown’
Venezuela is braced for a bitter political showdown as the opposition takes control of parliament, pitting the socialist government of President Nicolás Maduro against a coalition of lawmakers who aim… Read more »
Cuban dissidents freed in rapprochement back in custody
President Obama may go to Cuba this year if its government bolsters its human rights record and opens its doors more fully to American business in the coming weeks, a… Read more »
Democratization a ‘key focus for Obama’s final year’
President Obama will seek to consolidate his foreign-policy legacy this year by traveling widely and working with allies to combat extremism and foster the rise of emerging democracies, said deputy… Read more »
Despite Venezuela crisis, Maduro hangs on
The recent announcement that Venezuela’s inflation rate is now the highest in all of Latin America is just the latest in a series of setbacks for a nation that earlier… Read more »
Silva: Brazil can help Cuban transition to democracy
A former Amazon activist and Environment Minister Marina Silva is in a dead-heat presidential race with President Dilma Rousseff, who represents the Workers Party, which she herself helped found three… Read more »
Inside Venezuela’s opposition
Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo López was just one of several political leaders—including current Mayors Daniel Ceballos of San Cristóbal and Enzo Scarano of San Diego—arrested after a wave of peaceful student… Read more »
Venezuela doesn’t deserve seat on U.N. Security Council
The hope that Venezuela’s neighbors will hold the country to the international norms and standards that they have all signed up to are fading, says a leading analyst. Numerous independent… Read more »
Colombia labor advocates seek aid
Marino Cordoba was a leader in his town in Colombia the first time armed paramilitary fighters came gunning for him in 1996. This month he will be on Capitol Hill… Read more »