The March 28 OAS Permanent Council discussion on Venezuela was a not-so-subtle rebuke to the failed efforts at dialogue. Instead of acknowledging shifting international opinion, though, the next day Venezuela Supreme Court gave the OAS its sharpest example yet of an “interruption in the constitutional process.” Now what?
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.
Don’t be fooled. President Maduro’s call for UN help in addressing Venezuela’s humanitarian crisis—of the government’s own making—is just another in a long line of distracting tactics.
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.
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.
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.
Un año atrás nadie, en ninguna parte del mundo, apostaba por que Donald Trump terminaría siendo elegido presidente de Estados Unidos. Hace doce meses era la nota excéntrica en una campaña que se veía perfilada para que Hillary Clinton le diera continuidad al legado de Barack Obama. Lo más interesante de la política, desde mi punto de vista, es la incapacidad que tienen los analistas de poder predecirla con exactitud.
Some of the people slated to enter the administration have made a career peddling theories of Islamist threats in our hemisphere. There are genuine reasons for concern, but not for the disproven assertions many have been pitching for years.
