Americas Program – In The News

April 24, 2012
War on Drugs: There Has to Be a Better Way
This op-ed by Jennifer McCoy and Kristen Sample was published by the Miami Herald.
The main U.S. headlines coming out of the recent Summit of the Americas in Colombia were a sideshow about Secret Service misconduct and the perennially divisive question of Cuba, while President Obama touted the event as an opportunity to help jumpstart U.S. employment by selling more goods to a dynamic Latin America.

Feb. 27, 2012
What Are Capriles Chances of Defeating Chavez in October? (PDF)
Published by TheDialogue.org.
Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles Radonski handily won the Feb. 12 primary with 62 percent of the vote and is set to face President Hugo Chávez in the country's Oct. 7 presidential elections. What are Capriles' chances of unseating Chávez, whose popularity rankings have been above 50 percent lately?

March 7, 2012
Carter Center Warns About Violence If Venezuelan Vote Is Too Close to Call
Published by EL UNIVERSAL.
If Venezuelan presidential election to be held in October 2012 is too close to call, and the losing party does not accept the results, violence could burst out in the South American country, warned on Tuesday Jennifer Lynn McCoy, the Director of the Carter Center's Americas Program and Professor of political science at Georgia State University.

Feb. 24, 2012
Ex presidentes de América exhortan al Ecuador que respete libertad de expresión
Published by La Republica.
Ex presidentes y íderes políticos del continente americano, encabezados por el ex presidente de los Estados Unidos, Jimmy Carter, pidieron este viernes al gobierno ecuatoriano que respete la libertad de expresión y que suspenda las sanciones contra el diario El Universo, condenado por injurias contra el presidente Rafael Correa.

Feb. 22, 2012
Venezuelans In Georgia Burn Ballots
Published by Georgia Public Broadcasting.
In what's poised to be one of Venezuela's most heated elections in history, a young governor named Henrique Capriles will go up against the ailing President Hugo Chavez in October.

Feb. 13, 2012
Estás Viendo: El narcotráfico y los derechos humanos
Univision/Atlanta
Entrevista con Marieclaire Acosta, experta en los derechos humanos y miembro del grupo de amigos de la carta democrática interamericana.

Feb. 13, 2012
Después de las primarias de Venezuela
CNN Espanol
Entrevista de CNN en Español sobre las elecciones primarias en Venezuela a la Dra. Jennifer McCoy, Directora del Programa de las Americas del Centro Carter.

Feb. 9, 2012
Venezuela Opposition Parties Holding Primary in Challenge to Hugo Chavez
PRI's The World
Venezuela is holding presidential elections in October. President Hugo Chavez is looking for a fourth term in office. In the past, he's easily defeated the candidates put forth by a divided opposition.

14 de noviembre 2011
Entrevista con el Dr. Eduardo Stein
Transmitido en octubre de 2011 por Univision.
El ex vicepresidente de Guatemala habló sobre la vigencia y aplicación de la Carta Democrática Interamericana.

Sept. 23, 2010
Not much chance for opposition in Venezuela
Published Sept. 23, 2010, by The Washington Times.
As Venezuela's opposition prepares for Sunday's legislative elections, analysts say that even a strong nationwide vote in a free-and-fair election could translate into a meager number of seats due to gerrymandering and other actions by the government to help its allies.

Sept. 22, 2010
Chavez Looms Behind Venezuelan Parliamentary Vote
Published Sept. 22, 2010, on CNN.com.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is not on the ballot in this Sunday's parliamentary elections, but he nonetheless casts a large shadow over the vote.Voters will decide 165 seats out of 167 in the country's National Assembly, where Chavez's ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela, or PSUV, holds 137 seats.

Nov. 29, 2009
Conservative Poised to Win in Honduras Honduras Election
Published Nov. 29, 2009, by the New York Times.
Porfirio Lobo, a longtime conservative politician, appeared headed toward victory on Sunday in the Honduran presidential election, which many hoped could help the country emerge from the crisis caused by last summer's coup and end its isolation.

July 13, 2009
Honduras Standoff
Published July 13, 2009,  by Public Radio International's "The World."
Honduras' interim president said talks may begin Saturday to address the political crisis enveloping the country since the military deposed the country's sitting president two weeks ago. Anchor Jeb Sharp gets the latest from Jennifer McCoy, director of the Americas Program at the Carter Center in Atlanta.

July 4, 2009
Honduras' New Readers Reject Appeal for Zelaya's Return
Published July 4, 2009, on CNN.com.
The head of the Organization of American States said Friday he has found no willingness among leaders of Honduras' interim government to return President Jose Manuel Zelaya to power.

May 3, 2009
Panama Election Coverage Interview With Marcelo Varela
Published May 3, 2009, by CNN.
Marcelo Varela, del centro Carter, analiza la victoria de Martinelli. Entrevista de CNN por Claudia Palacios. Translated: Marcelo Varela, Carter Center, discusses the victory of Martinelli. CNN interview by Claudia Palacios.

Jan. 25, 2009
Bolivian Vote on Constitution Could Help President
Published Jan. 25, 2009, on CNN.com.
Bolivians are widely expected to approve a new constitution Sunday that would allow leftist President Evo Morales to run for another term this year, which he can't do under the current document.

Nov. 5, 2006
Carter Helps Monitor Nicaragua Presidential Election
Published Nov. 5, 2006 by NPR.
Former president Jimmy Carter is monitoring Nicaragua's presidential elections. This is President Carter's fourth time monitoring Nicaraguan elections with the Carter Center. He talks with host Debbie Elliott about how the elections -- and Ortega himself -- look different this time around.