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13 abril, 2021 Three years after more than 300 murders were committed by the State of Nicaragua, documented by national and international organizations, the April Mothers Association (AMA), integrated by mothers and relatives of the victims, maintains intact its clamor for justice. Its demands are steadfast no matter the result in the presidential elections on November 7. “We as an association have a proposal for a potential transitional Government, and we also have a proposal if we continue in the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo. Francys Valdivia, president of AMA, spoke ...

The Interdisciplinary Group for Epidemic Situations, led by epidemiologist Petr Smejkal, warns of the risk of organizing at-home parties. “I don’t understand why private parties, celebrations, and similar events should be given higher priority than schools, small businesses, and services,” said Jan Kulveit, Czech senior research scholar at the Future of Humanity Institute, a multidisciplinary research institute at the University of Oxford, in England. However, Arenberger called for people to continue to try to meet as little as possible. “The fact that the state of emergency will ceas...

Statement of the OAS General Secretariat on Bolivia  March 17, 2021 Regarding the statement of the Bolivian Foreign Ministry issued yesterday, the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) denies its contents and repudiates its repressive and threatening tone, as well as the desire to personalize in Luis Almagro decisions and institutional positions of the General Secretariat. The General Secretariat reiterates the facts referred to in its statement and reaffirms the recommended courses of action. It reaffirms the need to provide justice and due reparation to the vict...

The pandemic of impunity for human rights violations in Bolivia, which Amnesty International has highlighted for decades, is directly related to concerns about the Bolivian justice system’s lack of independence, which have resurfaced in recent weeks.

​ This event is virtual and will be held in English with simultaneous Spanish translation. To register click here. Speakers: Ricardo Hausmann, Director, Growth Lab; Rafik Hariri Professor of the Practice of International Political Economy, Harvard Kennedy School;  Francisco Cox Vial, lawyer and member of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, appointed by the United Nation’s Human Rights Council. Moderated by: Steven Levitsky, Professor of Government, Harvard University, Director, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studi...