
Christopher Hernandez-Roy is the deputy director and senior fellow of the Americas Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Throughout his more than 25-year career, Mr. Hernandez-Roy has worked extensively to advance democratic governance, prevent and resolve conflict, strengthen the rule of law, respect human rights, ensure citizen security, and promote integral development across Latin America and the Caribbean. He has held various senior leadership positions at the Organization of American States (OAS), having served as a senior political adviser to two secretaries general. In this capacity, he most recently documented the abuses of authoritarian regimes in Venezuela and Cuba and co-led the organization’s efforts to hold the Venezuelan regime accountable for possible crimes against humanity. He was previously the director of two OAS departments focused on advancing and defending democracy and building the hemispheric security agenda. He managed several donor-funded projects focused on security sector reform across the Americas, oversaw the organization’s political analysis system, supervised the Mission to Support the Peace Process in Colombia, and negotiated the establishment of the Mission to Support the Fight Against Corruption and Impunity in Honduras. He also coordinated the Fund for Peace and was intimately involved in the peaceful resolution of border disputes between Honduras and Nicaragua, Belize and Guatemala, and Honduras and El Salvador. More recently, Mr. Hernandez-Roy served as a citizen security and international development consultant for Creative Associates International. He also worked for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Ottawa, Canada, early in his career. He is a native English speaker and is fluent in Spanish and French. He holds a BA honors degree in history from Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada) and an MPhil degree in international relations from the University of Cambridge, England.
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What’s Behind the Honduras Attorney General Dispute?
Christopher Hernandez-Roy in Latin America Advisor — November 29, 2023
Interview: Understanding the Surge in Venezuelans Crossing the Southern Border
Christopher Hernandez-Roy in Latin Times — October 9, 2023
US Alarmed by China's Big Steps in America's Backyard
Christopher Hernandez-Roy in Newsweek — October 5, 2023
Venezuela Presents High Risk for Foreign Companies
Christopher Hernandez-Roy in Anti Corruption Report — September 27, 2023
What Would a New Approach Mean for Fighting Drugs?
Christopher Hernandez-Roy in The Dialogue — September 25, 2023
Rusia aspira a la exención de visados con toda América Latina
Christopher Hernandez-Roy in Euronews — September 22, 2023
Would a New Anti-Corruption Mission Work in Honduras?
Christopher Hernandez-Roy in The Dialogue: Latin American Advisor — July 21, 2023
¿Cómo impacta a América Latina el fin del acuerdo de exportación de granos del mar Negro?
Christopher Hernandez-Roy in Voz de America — July 19, 2023
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Prospects and Pitfalls for Security Assistance in Haiti
Event — December 4, 2023
Democracy and the Catholic Church in Nicaragua
Event — December 1, 2023
One Anniversary, Two Declarations: The UDHR and the Inter-American Human Rights System
Commentary by Christopher Hernandez-Roy — December 1, 2023
A Western Hemisphere Minerals Strategy for the Energy Transition
Commentary by Christopher Hernandez-Roy Nate Laske and Henry Ziemer — November 16, 2023
El rumbo democrático: A New President in Ecuador
Podcast Episode by Christopher Hernandez-Roy — October 26, 2023

Accountability or Posturing? Preparing for Cuba’s Fourth Universal Periodic Review
Commentary by Christopher Hernandez-Roy and Andrea Michelle Cerén — October 24, 2023
Digital Report Launch: Tracking Transatlantic Drug Flows through the Caribbean to Europe
Event — September 19, 2023
Tracking Transatlantic Drug Flows: Cocaine's Path from South America Across the Caribbean to Europe
Digital Report by Christopher Hernandez-Roy and Rubi Bledsoe — September 19, 2023
El rumbo democrático: Ecuador's First-Round Presidential Elections
Podcast Episode by Christopher Hernandez-Roy — August 31, 2023

Ensuring Information Integrity in Electoral Processes in the Americas
Commentary by Christopher Hernandez-Roy Rubi Bledsoe and Gabriela Marma-Gutierrez — July 28, 2023