Eighty-three years ago World War II began. Hitler fabricated an excuse to attack Poland. It was not acceptable for the Germans to invoke a mercurial reason to invade their neighbors. It is always advisable to show yourself as the victim. An SS unit pretended to be attacked by Polish rebels in the border town of…
The dictatorship from Cuba always used anti-imperialism to justify the violation of human rights, state-sponsored terrorism, and the misery that it produces. The past century presented narcotics’ trafficking as an antiimperialist weapon to attack the United States with the intent to destroy its youth. In the 21st century, with the expansion of dictatorships in Venezuela,…
Inter-American Watch Friday February 4th, 2022 The Americas LatAm’s Fight Against Corruption “Grounds to a Halt’ The fight against corruption in Latin America has grounded to a halt, says Transparency International, adding that the scourge is undermining democracy and human rights in the region. Near Shore Americas: https://nearshoreamericas.com/latin-america-corruption-halt/ Brother of former Colombian senator Piedad Cordoba…
What are some lessons? Was it a unique event or could it be repeated? We know that he bequeathed us the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as well as that Judeophobia and anti-Semitism remain in force. We would like to think that it will not happen again, but denialism makes us doubt. Hence the preference…
In his 1995 aptly titled book, “Private Truth, Public Lies,” social scientist Timur Kuran introduces his theory of “preference falsification.” This is a phenomenon akin to what Cubans on the Island have long experienced as their dual morality of holding private truths and expressing public lies. Professor Kuran defines preference falsification as the act of…
Inter-American Watch Wednesday, February 2nd, 2022 The Americas In 2021, most countries in Latin America and the Caribbean experienced a marked increase in murders Resurgent violence was to be expected after some of the world’s longest COVID-19 lockdowns were lifted. Much of the population found themselves sinking deeper into poverty. With schools late to reopen,…
The dictatorships from Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia, and Nicaragua yield power by practicing state-sponsored terrorism that has, as one of its important methods, the manipulation of judicial prosecutions to persecute, imprison and sentence the innocent. Through the judicialization of political repression, these dictatorships turn political leaders and human rights’ defenders into criminals and instill fear. This…
Inter-American Watch Monday, January 31st, 2022 The Americas Putin is already in Cuba and Venezuela Russia has slowly been sinking its teeth into the region for decades and the West has said nothing. So has China. The issue deserves more attention. The Wall Street Journal: https://www.wsj.com/articles/putin-is-already-in-cuba-and-venezuela-south-america-influence-western-hemisphere-ukraine-11643567547 The Economist: Russia has become a crucial ally of…
Inter-American Watch Friday, January 28th, 2022 The Americas Honduras’ next president sworn in amid uncertainty Xiomara Castro has been sworn in as Honduras” first female president, facing high expectations to turn around the deeply troubled country amid uncertainty about whether an unfolding legislative crisis will allow her the support she needs. U.S. News and World…
On July 7, 2021, President Juvenal Moise was assassinated in his home. The participation of Haitians and Colombian hitmen in the assassination is known, but months later, little progress has been made in identifying the intellectual authors, except for the suspicion that it may have been ordered by drug trafficking. The news has disappeared from…
