Clouds in Latin American Skies
The first round of the presidential elections in Colombia will take place by the end of May and the runoff in mid-June. Colombia has been one of the closest friends of Israel in decades. Israel has...
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January 5, 2022
Political Instability in Latin America Is a Permanent Sign
In 2009, President Manuel Zelaya of Honduras was ousted by the army. It was an unexpected coup in Central America. Soldiers stormed the presidential palace in the capital, Tegucigalpa, early in the...
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November 17, 2021
Organization of American States General Assembly: Three Main Issues in Virtual Meetings
The Organization of American States (OAS) met for its 51st General Assembly Nov. 10-Nov. 12, held virtually and hosted by the Guatemalan Government. This year, three main issues were in the...
November 3, 2021
Unacceptable Actions Against Israel’s Right To Defend Itself
On Oct. 22, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Ganz announced that six Palestinian civil society groups (some of them with significant backing from the European Union) have been designated as terror...
July 6, 2021
Serious Setbacks in Human Rights Should Be Properly Addressed
Between June 21 and June 28, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, addressed the U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on major setbacks on human rights...
April 29, 2021
Palestinian Elections and the World’s Silence
According to announcements, the Palestinians will put off the legislative elections originally planned to take place on May 22, followed by presidential elections on July 31. These would have been...
February 23, 2021
Are Human Rights Really Protected?
On Dec. 2, 2020, the Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary General Luis Almagro and OAS Special Adviser on the Responsibility to Protect Jared Genser released a report that reaffirms that...
December 24, 2020
The U.N. Obsession With Israel
In this last month of the year, the United Nations General Assembly established that “Israel must renounce to have nuclear weapons” in a vote of 153 for, 6 against and...
October 29, 2020
OAS GA: Present and Future Dangers
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS GA) has been postponed from June of this year to October 2022. B’nai...