Organization of American States

Hunger Strikes Expose Hugo Chávez's Myths

Robert Amsterdam | Posted 11.30.2009 | World


Robert Amsterdam

The decision of Venezuelan authorities to send a 22-year-old university student to prison for trumped-up crimes has caused widespread public outrage, especially among students.

Coup Protestor Gang-Raped by Honduran Police

Robert Naiman | Posted 09.24.2009 | World


Robert Naiman

Human Rights Watch should be investigating allegations by Honduran feminists and human rights groups that Honduran police are using rape and other sexual violence as weapons of intimidation against Hondurans nonviolently protesting the coup regime.

In Venezuela, a Tale of Two Judges

Robert Amsterdam | Posted 08.24.2009 | World


Robert Amsterdam

The fact that Chávez has taken over the courts means that Venezuela may look like a democracy to fawning movie stars and celebrity athletes of the vanguard left, but the core is rotten and lawless.

Breakdown of Honduras Mediation Means Stronger Pressures for U.S. to Act

Laura Carlsen | Posted 08.21.2009 | World


Laura Carlsen

Last weekend, leaders of the Honduran coup placed a nail in the coffin of efforts to mediate the conflict when they rejected a proposal by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias.

Honduras... The Big Backstory

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 08.20.2009 | World


Eric Ehrmann

The White House denounced the action in Honduras as "illegal." But that call requires Washington to cut off all but humanitarian aid and could jeopardize the big Soto Cano base outside Tegucigalpa.

Honduras' Coup Regime: Poster Child for Trade Sanctions

Robert Naiman | Posted 08.10.2009 | World


Robert Naiman

One lever that the U.S. government has not publicly discussed using is trade sanctions. Simply beginning the discussion would increase pressure on the coup regime to stand down.

Honduran Military: "We Won't Take Orders from a Leftist"

Robert Naiman | Posted 08.06.2009 | World


Robert Naiman

So far, whatever the Obama Administration has done has not caused the coup government to budge in its unwillingness to allow the democratically elected President of Honduras to resume his office.

Honduras Pulls Out Of OAS, Refuses TO Restore Zelaya

AP | WILL WEISSERT and NESTOR IKEDA | Posted 08.04.2009 | World


TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Ousted President Manuel Zelaya said Saturday that he would return to Honduras to try to retake office following last wee...

Latin America Drags a Reluctant Washington Into Supporting Democracy in Honduras

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 08.01.2009 | World


Mark Weisbrot

Why such reluctance to openly call for the immediate and unconditional return of an elected president, as the rest of the hemisphere and the United Nations has done?

OAS: Honduras Must Restore President Manuel Zelaya In 3 Days Or Risk Suspension

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 08.01.2009 | World


WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said Wednesday it has suspended joint military operations with Honduras to protest a coup that forced Pres...

OAS Cuba Invitation Declined

CNN | Posted 07.06.2009 | World


Cuba will not rejoin the Organization of American States, even though the multinational organization has lifted the 47-year-old suspension of the coun...

Forged in the Logic of Confrontation, the Castros Reject OAS Opening

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 07.05.2009 | World


Yoani Sanchez

Forged in the logic of confrontation, a possible seat in the OAS appears to Cuban leaders as more dangerous than the barricades before which they feel so comfortable.

Cuba Readmitted To OAS "Without Conditions"

AP | NESTOR IKEDA | Posted 07.04.2009 | World


SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras — The Organization of American States voted by acclamation on Wednesday to revoke the 1962 measure suspending communist...

OAS Cuba Talks (UPDATE: CUBA READMITTED)

New York Times | Posted 07.04.2009 | World


UPDATE: AP reports that Cuba has been readmitted without conditions. Thirty-four members of the Organization of American States gathered here Tues...

Honduras Earthquake Strikes Hours Before OAS Meeting

AP | Posted 07.03.2009 | World


SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras — An earthquake shook Honduras hours before U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and other top officials from...

OAS Should Not Welcome Back Cuba

José Miguel Vivanco | Posted 07.02.2009 | World


José Miguel Vivanco

To readmit Cuba to the Organization of American States would reward a government that has failed to improve its abysmal human rights record, and thereby weaken rights protections throughout the region.

Cuba At Center Of Diplomatic Tug-Of-War

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 07.02.2009 | World


SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — A diplomatic tug-of-war over Cuba's outcast status in the Organization of American States takes center stage at the ...

Cuba: US Concedes World "May Have Changed" Since 1962

Robert Naiman | Posted 06.28.2009 | World


Robert Naiman

The Obama Administration has been praised and vilified for its legendary caution, typically depending on whether the speaker supports or opposes the d...

Chavez: Venezuela Could Withdraw From Organization Of American States

AP | Posted 06.26.2009 | World


CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez says Venezuela could eventually withdraw from the Organization of American States and seek Cuba's hel...

Summit Postscript: What Did Trinidad and Tobago Get?

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 05.27.2009 | World


Arlene M. Roberts

As the government of Trinidad and Tobago and Summit organizers keep score and compile their report card, let's be sure that the correct indices are used when measuring success.

U.S. Intervention in Bolivia

Stephen Zunes | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics


Stephen Zunes

The alleged support by the United States... of the violent uprising in eastern Bolivia has led U.S. Ambassador Philip Goldberg's expulsion from La Paz.