México y la OEA

Este viernes 16 de agosto estaba convocada una reunión extraordinaria del Consejo Permanente de la OEA en Washington. El objetivo consistía en discutir, y en su caso aprobar o rechazar, un nuevo proyecto de resolución sobre la crisis en Venezuela. Como se recordará, hace unos días la misma OEA consideró un texto —por cierto bastante… Seguir leyendo México y la OEA

Latin America’s Critical Election

Mar 12, 2020 JORGE G. CASTAÑEDA The Organization of American States has come to play a pivotal role in Latin America, including by monitoring elections, defending human rights, and isolating authoritarian regimes. As a result, the OAS’s upcoming election of a secretary general is one of the most important in its 72-year history. MEXICO CITY –… Seguir leyendo Latin America’s Critical Election

The Regional Repercussions of Honduras’s Botched Election

Once again, a serious breach of representative democracy has occurred in Latin America. Despite all the regional legal tools that have been created in recent years, an unfair and scarcely free election was probably stolen, or at best, tainted to the point that the result cannot be considered reliable.