International Community
Tuesday, June 9, 2009 - 00:00
A committee of experts at the International Labour Organisation had reported that Colombia was making progress, but worker representatives at the United Nations agency's committee on labour standards disagreed
Tuesday, June 9, 2009 - 00:00
El relator estara en Bogota, Antioquia, Meta y Santander, lugares particularmente afectados por ejecuciones de civiles por parte de la Fuerza Publica
Tuesday, June 9, 2009 - 00:00
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Professor Philip Alston, is visiting Colombia from 8-18 June 2009
Monday, June 8, 2009 - 00:00
The immediate goal of the Chavista bloc is precisely to redefine the practices, goals and principles of the Interamerican system in order to consolidate their new strain of 'electoral dictatorships'
Monday, June 8, 2009 - 00:00
Hubiera sido contraproducente para la democracia y beneficioso para quienes quieren restringir las libertades politicas en su pais que la OEA acepte el retorno de Cuba sin exigirle que adopte la democracia.
Monday, June 8, 2009 - 00:00
The first was a meeting of the Organization of American States in Honduras. The OAS voted to lift the 1962 ban on Cuba's membership. The second was the 25th anniversary celebration of the Venezuelan, pro-liberty think-tank Cedice Libertad in Caracas
Friday, June 5, 2009 - 00:00
Cuba declared the OAS resolution a 'major victory' while some members of Congress debated cutting off U.S. funding to the organization
Friday, June 5, 2009 - 00:00
Clinton's otherwise defensible reference to the charter's democratic criteria could appear hypocritical to other OAS members
Friday, June 5, 2009 - 00:00
A senior Cuban official, Ricardo Alarcon, has welcomed a decision by the Organisation of American States to lift the 1962 ban on Cuban membership
Friday, June 5, 2009 - 00:00
Cuba has shown no desire to rejoin. Socialist states like Venezuela and Nicaragua say they want to form an association that excludes the US