Francisco Villagrán de León* Versión en español aquí. The OAS Permanent Council learned about the political situation in Guatemala on July 19 when the report of the Electoral Observation Mission (OAS/EOM) was presented. This report made an objective evaluation of the development of the electoral process, with clear and precise indications about anomalies that were observed […]
Daniel Cerqueira* Versión en español aquí. Bolsonaro’s rise to power in 2018 and the popular support he still holds shows the information dystopia and the inability of parties with democratic vocation to close ranks against demagogues who lack such vocation. This article comments on some factors that allowed Brazilian democracy to overcome four years of constant […]
David Lovatón Palacios* The fox from above and the fox from below– José María Arguedas Country of Jauja a possible utopia, which is that of respectful and enriching coexistence between cultures– Edgardo Rivera Martínez Last Sunday, June 6, the second round of elections took place in Peru between two presidential candidates who obtained the largest number of votes in […]
David Lovatón Palacios* Spanish version here. On April 11, the general elections took place in Peru to elect the new President and Congress for the period 2021-2026, with an absolutely unpredictable and discouraging result from a democratic perspective. The following is a brief analysis of what the two presidential candidates who have made it to […]
Versión en español Christian De Vos and Liliana Gamboa* When states from across the Americas convene next week for the 49th General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS), they will face a solemn task: electing four commissioners to the seven-member Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the region’s premier human rights monitoring and protection […]
Justicia en las Américas 