With three visits by high-ranking officials from the U.S. government, February was the busiest month for Latin America in the Trump administration.
The month of the Americas: What was all the attention about?
By Victoria Gaytan / VickyGO /
Foreign Policy & U.S./Latin America Relations
Global responses to Rex Tillerson’s trip to Latin America
By Greg Weeks / GregWeeksUNCC / MENU
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 /
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 /
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
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.