A major electoral crisis in Guyana has put its newfound regional influence, as a result of incoming oil wealth, and its relations with other Caribbean countries on the line.
Guyana’s fading opportunities
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International refugee day
The release of a UN report on Venezuela’s migration crisis coincides with international refugee day, which took place on June 20.
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Candidates for the 2021-2024 Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
By Jimena Galindo and Victoria Gaytan /
On May 21st, five candidates presented their credentials for membership of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights for the 2021-2024 term. Four posts need to be filled.
Human Rights & Multilateral Organizations
Why congressional Republicans should support the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
By Christopher Sabatini / chrissabatini /
A group of nine Republican U.S. Senators have sent a letter to Secretary of State Pompeo asking him to cut U.S. funding to the IACHR. What they’re doing is undercutting their own party’s human rights agenda.
Human Rights & Multilateral Organizations
House and Senate Democrats write State Department in support of IACHR
The letter comes in the wake of a similar action from U.S. IACHR alums last week.
Human Rights & Multilateral Organizations
Former U.S. IACHR members and nominees urge State Department not to withdraw funding
The letter comes as State considers withdrawing funding in the wake of a letter from nine Republican Senators who claim the U.S. should withdraw funding because the Commission lobbies “for abortion in Latin America in direct contravention of U.S. law.”
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Regional pressure on Maduro’s regime must continue despite Mexico’s abdication
By Benjamin N. Gedan /
The shameful decision of the AMLO administration to take a stance of non-intervention on Venezuela will hamper the effectiveness of a regional response, but efforts to reign in Maduro remain worthwhile and necessary.
Foreign Policy & U.S./Latin America Relations
An interview with Ambassador Tom Shannon, former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
On the third episode of “Two gringos with questions,” your hosts talked to Ambassador Shannon on the importance of U.S. presence in the region and his secrets for surviving thousands of meetings and briefings.
Human Rights & Multilateral Organizations
OAS Permanent Council rejects Nicolas Maduro’s new term
By Victoria Gaytan / VickyGO /
With 19 votes in favor, the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) agreed “to not recognize the legitimacy of Nicolas Maduro’s new term as of the 10th of January of 2019.”
Human Rights & Multilateral Organizations
The IACHR held a hearing on marriage equality after a year of delays from the region in implementing the Court’s 2017 decision
By Hunter T. Carter / colombialawbiz /
In 2017, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights determined that marriage equality was a human right. In the face of resistance in the region, in a recent IACHR hearing on the matter, commissioners committed to enforce it.
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