Browse: Home /
Organization of American States
Organization of American States
By Michael Allen on March 8, 2010
He was a man who “thought big and acted big” and whose enthusiasm for democracy was so passionate that he even liked politicians!
Gerardo LeChevallier was known as “el tigre” for his unflappable commitment to democracy, today’s memorial service at the Organization of American States heard. He was a “passionate player” who daily risked his life [read full story]
Posted in Haiti, Latin America and the Carribean, National Democratic Institute, Organization of American States, Regions, democracy, democracy promotion, promoting democracy |
By Michael Allen on August 3, 2009
Is the Organization of the American States failing in its commitment to defend democracy in the region? The regional grouping has come under fire for what some see as an ill-informed and over-hasty intervention in the current political crisis in Honduras.
The OAS should start to take its Democratic Charter seriously, critics suggest. OAS general secretary [read full story]
Posted in Backlash, Cuba, Honduras, Honduras coup, Inter-American Democratic Charter, Latin America and the Carribean, NGOs/Civil society, National Endowment for Democracy, Organization of American States, Venezuela, authoritarianism, coup in Honduras, democracy promotion, promoting democracy | Tagged National Endowment for Democracy, Organization of the American States |
By Michael Allen on July 1, 2009
As the coup in Honduras continues to attract condemnation from governments and civil society groups, the Organization of American States today gave Honduras 72 hours to reinstate deposed President Manuel Zelaya or face suspension.
It announced that OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza will undertake “diplomatic initiatives aimed at… the reinstatement of President Jose Manuel Zelaya [read full story]
Posted in Honduras, Honduras coup, Latin America and the Carribean, Manuel Zelaya, NGOs/Civil society, National Endowment for Democracy, Organization of American States, authoritarianism, coup in Honduras, promoting democracy | Tagged Honduras, International Forum for Democratic Studies, military coups, National Endowment for Democracy, promoting democracy |
By Michael Allen on June 30, 2009
As democratic states and non-governmental groups alike condemned the coup in Honduras, ousted president Manuel Zelaya insists that he will return to Tegucigalpa on Thursday, accompanied by Latin American dignitaries, including Jose Miguel Insulza, the head of the Organization of American States. Honduras may be expelled from the OAS at its emergency meeting today.
Pro-Zelaya demonstrators [read full story]
Posted in Christopher Sabatini, Democracy assistance, Honduras, Honduras coup, Inter-American Democratic Charter, Labour/labor unions, Manuel Zelaya, National Endowment for Democracy, Organization of American States, authoritarianism, coup in Honduras, democracy promotion, promoting democracy, protests | Tagged a coup or a counter coup, Christopher Sabatini, coup in Honduras, creeping coups, Honduras, Honduras coup, Inter-American Democratic Charter, Manuel Zelaya, National Endowment for Democracy, President Barack Obama, Robert Amsterdam, tropical gulag |
Recent Comments