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In Depth: OAS General Assembly

Courtesy of Prensa Presidencial. The 43rd General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) is convening in Antigua, Guatemala from June 4-6, bringing hemispheric leaders together to discuss a number of issues, including a comprehensive and integrated approach to drug trafficking and violence in the Americas and the election of three members of … Read more

THE IACHR Loses An Advocate

Last week, Ambassador Guillermo Cochez permanently left his post as Panama’s permanent representative to the Organization of American States (OAS) after Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli ordered him to step down on January 17 for criticizing the delayed inauguration of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. His voice will be missed in the ongoing debate for change at … Read more

Human Rights Under Siege in the Americas

For more than 50 years, the human rights system of the Organization of American States (OAS) has served as the last line of defense for citizens facing abusive treatment throughout the hemisphere. It has mediated directly in cases of imminent risk and issued thorough reports that shine light on systemic human rights abuses. Perceived as … Read more

Prisiones: encerrados sin sentencia

Por Richard M. Aborn y Ashley D. Cannon To read an English version of this article, click here. En todo el continente americano, millones de personas desbordan las cárceles en espera de juicio. He aquí siete maneras en que los gobiernos y activistas pueden tratar este creciente problema de derechos humanos. Cada año, en todo … Read more

Endnotes: Prisons: In Jail But Not Sentenced

Below are the endnotes from “Prisons: In Jail But Not Sentenced” by Richard A. Aborn and Ashley D. Cannon (Winter 2013 AQ.) 1. International Centre for Prison Studies, World Prison Brief, available at: http://www.prisonstudies.org/info/worldbrief/(Estimated pretrial detainee population, Formula: total prison population multiplied by percentage of pretrial detainees in the prison population) 2. International Centre … Read more

Prisons: In Jail, But Not Sentenced

Watch an AQ Q&A with Richard Aborn. Lea una versión de este artículo en español aquí. Each year, millions of people across the world find themselves in jail without being convicted of anything—often for months at a time—as they await trial. Alarmingly, although the rights to liberty, security and equal justice under the law are cornerstones of … Read more

Venezuela In Depth

Photo: AndresAzp (Flickr) Follow AQ Online for continuous Venezuela coverage. A wave of peaceful student protests that began on February 12 for National Youth Day turned violent when three protestors were shot dead. Demonstrators continue to flood the streets in Venezuela to protest against high inflation, rising crime rates and shortages of staple supplies. Plus, … Read more

An Opportunity for Mexico’s New President, Enrique Peña Nieto

In a recent encounter between one of the authors and Arnold Schwarzenegger, long-time actor and former governor of California (2003-2011), he offered a stinging rebuke about California’s neighbor to the south. “When is Mexico going to wake up?” Schwarzenegger opined. “It is with great natural resources and great people. I have filmed movies there and … Read more

[i]Drug Trafficking and the Law in Central America: Bribes, Bullets, and Intimidation[/i] by Julie Marie Bunck and Michael Ross Fowler

Central America is receiving more attention in the U.S. news media and from the U.S. government than at any time since the region’s civil wars and domestic insurgencies three decades ago. Unfortunately, the attention is negative. The focus has shifted from the 1980s Cold War battles of President Ronald Reagan’s administration to the violence associated … Read more

From the Think Tanks

Completar la Escuela: Un Derecho para Crecer, un Deber para Compartir (Completing School: A Right to Grow, a Duty to Share) is the newest study on education, its link to child development and the barriers to accessing quality education. The report points out that 22.1 million adolescents and school-age children in Latin America and the … Read more

They waste energy and political capital.

I have supported, and continue to support, all bilateral and regional deals. But Latin America, the United States and the rest of the world would benefit far more if the time, energy, human resources, and all-too-limited political capital being invested in these deals were devoted instead to achieving a much-needed global deal on trade. While such … Read more

Marta Linares de Martinelli

Marta Linares de Martinelli is the first lady of the Republic of Panama.

Monday Memo: [i]AQ[/i]’s Top Expected Stories for the Week of August 13

Top stories this week are likely to include: Fidel Castro’s birthday; Buenos Aires subway shutdown continues; public teachers to end striking in Panama; talks to renew in Colombia between the government and the Indigenous Nasa; and a possible dialogue over Venezuela’s detained U.S. Marine. Fidel Turns 86 Years Old: Cuba’s revolutionary leader and former president, … Read more

Women in Robes

For the first time in United States history, three of the nine justices sitting on the Supreme Court are women. About 33 percent of state and federal court judges in the U.S. are women, slightly higher than the global average of 27 percent. Why does this matter? Scores of empirical studies have attempted to determine … Read more

Candidate Quotes

Boliviarianism “The Bolivarian movement threatens U.S. allies such as Colombia, has interfered with regional cooperation on […] illicit drugs and counterterrorism […] provided safe haven for drug traffickers […] encouraged regional terrorist organizations, and […] invited Iran and foreign terrorist organizations like Hezbollah into the region.” —Mitt Romney Venezuela “I will launch a campaign to … Read more