The United States imposed a series of harsh sanctions on Russia following Moscow’s recognition of the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region on February 21, and its subsequent military intervention in Ukraine on February 24.
By David Paul, TFA board member Ed. Note: the author observed the regional elections in Venezuela that took place on November 20, 2021. It was the 27th election in the last 20 years since the election of Hugo Chavez in 1998. The following is his report: This article was published in the Winter edition of … Read More
By Maria Robinson, TFA board member This article was published in the Winter edition of TFA Reports accessible here: https://taskforceamericas.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/TFA-NLWINTER2022-FINAL.pdf Leading up to election day I was contacted about violence in La Union and threats to the family of Rigo Matute. Rigo is a coffee farmer and activist whom I met during the Honduras election … Read More
By Roger Harris, Board member of the Task Force on the Americas This article was published in the Winter edition of TFA Reports accessible here: https://taskforceamericas.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/TFA-NLWINTER2022-FINAL.pdf On the flight down to Nicaragua as one of 225 international official election observers from 27 countries, the ex-pat Nicaraguan woman sitting next to me was hostile to the … Read More
By Karen Spring, Coordinator of Honduras Now, a podcast (hondurasnow.org). She has lived and worked on human rights and US and Canadian policy in Honduras. She is also a TFA board member. This article was published in the Winter edition of TFA Reports accessible here: https://taskforceamericas.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/TFA-NLWINTER2022-FINAL.pdf On November 28, 2021, Honduran Presidential candidate Xiomara … Read More