Tag Archives: Human Rights

Ríos Montt’s Incriminating Self-Defense

By Natalie Kitroeff | Published: February 1, 2012
Barring any last minute appeals, General (ret) Efraín Ríos Montt will be prosecuted for crimes against humanity during his tenure as de facto President of Guatemala in the early 1980s, the most violent years of the country’s civil war. At a preliminary hearing last Thursday, Judge Patricia Flores declared the 85 year old Ríos Montt fit to [...]
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The Skeletons in Brazil’s Closet

By Eliza Sweren-Becker | Published: July 10, 2010
In the last year, you’d be hard-pressed to have heard or read anything negative about Brazil (with the exception of President Lula’s pesky affinity for Iran). The South American giant emerged virtually unscathed from the financial crisis and is now the media darling of the Financial Times and the Economist. Democracy has generally been very [...]
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Colombia’s Internally Displaced: Out of Tercer Milenio Park, Problems Remain

By Eliot Brockner | Published: October 11, 2009
A few weeks ago, I wrote a commentary for the Americas Quartetly Blog about a recent settlement between the Colombian government and leaders of a group of Internally Displaced Peoples (IDPs) who had been squatting for over four months in a park in Bogota. 1) Indigenous groups,  2) IDPs, and 3) human rights organizations have accused [...]
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Do Colombians Care About Democratic Values and Human Rights?

By Sebastian Chaskel | Published: May 14, 2009
Recently released Gallup opinion data on Colombia received media attention because it is the first to show that if President Uribe were not to run again for the presidency and the elections were to take place tomorrow, Sergio Fajardo and Juan Manuel Santos would be toe to toe for the presidency. However, the data has [...]
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The War on Drugs: Eradication of Colombia’s Indigenous People

By Andrea Samuelson | Published: February 26, 2009
The deadline for the FARC to return the slain bodies of the 27 Awa indigenous community members killed earlier this month expired at 6:00 PM on February 23, 2009.  The killings, carried out on two separate occasions in the Nariño area of southwestern Colombia, have brought terror to the region and left more than 400 [...]
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Pass FTA and amend Plan Colombia, from the Washington Times

By Sebastian Chaskel | Published: December 2, 2008
The Washington Times published an op-ed yesterday that I co-authored with Shannon O’Neil. It originally appeared here and I am including the entire text below. The Washington Times Monday, December 1, 2008 O’NEIL/CHASKEL: Pass FTA and amend Plan Colombia Shannon O’Neil and Sebastian Chaskel Two years ago President Bush and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe negotiated a free trade agreement (FTA). [...]
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Developments in Cuba

By Michael Bustamante | Published: February 25, 2008
This sure has been one hell of a week for Cuba news. A good friend of mine, Jamie Weinstein, interviewed me about the latest developments for his blog. Be sure to check it out. I’m pasting the post below. - – - – - – - - From blog.jamieweinstein.com   JW: Fidel Castro is stepping aside. What does [...]
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Cuban Students Speak Out?

By Michael Bustamante | Published: February 14, 2008
by Michael Bustamante and Elizabeth Jordan     Since assuming the interim presidency of Cuba in July 2006, Raul Castro has drawn much attention for encouraging Cuban citizens to voice their opinions and even criticize government officials. In a critical speech on July 26, 2007 – a national holiday commemorating the launching of the Cuban Revolution [...]
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