| Title |
EuroLat\'s failure to act as an international moral tribune over Venezuela: a critical analysis of its Co-Presidents Declarations (2014-2023) |
| Authors |
LAMOSO GONZÁLEZ, ANA PAULA, Stavridis, Stelios |
| External publication |
No |
| Means |
Rev. Bras. Polit. Int. |
| Scope |
Article |
| Nature |
Científica |
| JCR Quartile |
3 |
| SJR Quartile |
1 |
| Publication date |
01/01/2024 |
| ISI |
001367477800001 |
| DOI |
10.1590/0034-7329202400114 |
| Abstract |
Academic literature on interregional institutions, including inter-parliamentary ones, argues that all (should) defend and promote democracy and human rights. Post-plenary co-presidents\' declarations represent the cornerstone of the EuroLatin American Parliamentary Assembly (EuroLat). It is therefore surprising that the Venezuelan conflict does not appear in several of them. In fact, Venezuela has often acted as an impediment to producing such common positions. Or, if cited, hardly any condemnation of the appalling human rights situation in that country is mentioned. Therefore, our study will argue that this represents an important EuroLat failure in condemning human rights and democratic abuses in that country. To illustrate this, our study consists first of an empirical analysis of what has happened over that issue in the past decade. Then, the second part explains the disagreements between EuroLats two components, its European and its Latin American ones. The conclusion summarizes our findings and provides possible avenues for future research. |
| Keywords |
EuroLat; Venezuela; democracy; human rights; parliamentary diplomacy |
| Universidad Loyola members |
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