If expert predictions are correct and the poor will be most affected by climate change, then Latin America and the Caribbean are particularly at risk. But how much do we know about the specific impacts (say, on housing), and what’s being done to prepare?
Frente al fracaso del diálogo entre gobierno y la oposición venezolanos, es imperioso que el sistema interamericano reactive el uso de la Carta Democrática, que quedó en suspenso luego del 23 de junio.
In his review of Joseph Tulchin’s new book, Latin American Foreign Policy: How Much Choice? Chris Sabatini says the author has written a much-needed nuanced, detailed history of foreign policymaking in the region, but ignores recent scholarship and younger scholars when discussing current affairs.
In 2004, Venezuela held a recall referendum after the Carter Center and the Organization of American States brokered a compromise between the government and the opposition. Now many are hoping for the same, but with none of the guarantees.
In the June 23rd meeting to discuss Venezuela’s violation of the Democratic Charter, the OAS Permanent Council basically left it to the informal group of former presidents organized under UNASUR. They haven’t done their job. It’s time for the OAS and others to step up and start imposing costs.
Since 1993, OAS election observation missions around the region have grown in leaps and bounds. Despite the expanding scope of those missions, though, the quality of monitoring and elections generally has decreased.
El régimen de Maduro sistemáticamente viola todos los estándares democráticos y ahora intenta obstruir el referendo revocatorio, jugando su última carta para sobrevivir políticamente. Sin referendo el chavismo apuesta por el autoritarismo. ¿Logrará perpetuarse en el poder?
Distracted by the elections and with a lame duck president, there’s a risk that at November’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit, China will press its own agenda—one less in line with U.S. interests.
Beyond a few nice sounding phrases and curious omissions, the Democratic Party platform mentions Trump more than it mentions Latin America.
Yes, I get the comparison in terms of their rhetorical styles. But the caricature of Chávez as just an uncouth blowhard is downright insulting to Venezuelans who now live with his toxic legacy.
