The month of the Americas: What was all the attention about?

Rex Tillerson

Foreign Policy & U.S./Latin America Relations

The month of the Americas: What was all the attention about?

By Victoria Gaytan / VickyGO / March 2, 2018

With three visits by high-ranking officials from the U.S. government, February was the busiest month for Latin America in the Trump administration.

Global responses to Rex Tillerson’s trip to Latin America

By Greg Weeks / GregWeeksUNCC / February 21, 2018

Secretary Tillerson’s Latin America trip triggered a wave of criticisms and repudiations from regional leaders and global powers alike.

Foreign Policy & U.S./Latin America Relations

What does defeat at OAS meeting portend for U.S. influence in the Americas?

By Michael J. Camilleri / June 23, 2017

The defeat of U.S. candidate to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is a troubling sign of declining U.S. leverage and moral authority in the hemisphere, and not just on matters of human rights.

Human Rights & Multilateral Organizations

OAS 47th General Assembly 2017: What to look for

By Jimena Galindo / June 16, 2017

Next week the hemisphere’s foreign ministers—including U.S. Secretary of State Tillerson—will gather in Cancun. They will vote on IACHR commissioners and the budget, but will there be real action on Venezuela?

Just the Facts

Secretary-of-State-designate Rex Tillerson’s confirmation answers on Latin America policy

January 20, 2017

Here is the text of the written answers on U.S. policy toward Latin America and the Caribbean Rex Tillerson submitted to the Senate for his confirmation hearing. The answers cover Mexico, the Colombia peace process, the opening to Cuba and human rights, and political prisoners in Venezuela, among other topics.