Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a news conference in Washington on Jan. 7. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg) Why is the US joining Venezuela and Nicaragua in discrediting a system to protect human rights? Authors Dr Christopher Sabatini Senior Fellow for Latin America, US and the Americas Programme, Chatham House Connect chathamhouse.org @ChrisSabatini External content17 Jan 20201 min read Authors Dr Christopher Sabatini Senior Fellow for Latin America, US and the Americas Programme, Chatham House Connect chathamhouse.org @ChrisSabatini Related themes and tags Latin America and the Caribbean Civil Society Latin America Political Unrest Security