1. The Other Side of the IACHR Reform Debate
(Matching tags: oas, ecuador, Correa, IACHR)

The Organization of American States (OAS) is set to take up proposed reforms to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) today at 11:00am EDT (live feed here). While arguments against the ...

2. Fact-Checking the Fact-Checkers on Honduras
(Matching tags: elections, oas, Honduras, fact-check)

Both the New York Times and Washington Post’s fact-checks on the GOP presidential debate Thursday night missed the mark regarding former Senator Rick Santorum’s (R – PA) comments about Honduras. Responding ...

3. 18 Percent of Tally Sheets Excluded, According to Haitian Media
(Matching tags: cep, election, oas)

"[T]he second round of the presidential and legislative elections was quite an improvement in many ways on the first round," according to the joint OAS-CARICOM observation mission. Yet reports are now ...

4. LIVE BLOG: Aristide Returns to Haiti
(Matching tags: aristide, elections, oas, wikileaks)

As has been widely reported, former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide is now back in Haiti, ending his seven year exile in South Africa. We'll be updating this space throughout the evening and ...

5. In Haiti, Controversy over Election Continues; In U.S., Media Goes Silent
(Matching tags: elections, oas)

As we have pointed out previously, the English language media has all but ignored the news that – as reported by Haitian newspaper Le Nouvelliste – four CEP members may never have signed the document ...

6. Washington Can’t Block Aristide’s Return or Deny Haiti’s Sovereignty - Mark Weisbrot in The Guardian
(Matching tags: un, aristide, minustah, elections, oas)

... of the first round of the election were not quite right. The OAS – under direction from Washington – then changed the results to eliminate the government's candidate from the second round. To force  ...

7. Actually, the CEP Has Yet to Decide Who Will Proceed to the Second Round
(Matching tags: elections, oas)

Despite the announcement last week by CEP spokesperson Richardson Dumel, numerous media reports, and laudatory statements from by the United States, France and other foreign governments, it now appears ...

8. Hillary Clinton Calls For "Free, Fair, and Credible Elections"
(Matching tags: elections, oas)

On Sunday, Hillary Clinton, speaking with Bob Schieffer of CBS's Face the Nation urged Egypt's authoritarian ruler, Hosni Mubarak, to begin the process for "free, fair, and credible elections." Protestors ...