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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Guyana Government Calls Oil, Natural Gas Investments ‘Safe’ Amid Venezuela Saber-Rattling
Christopher Hernandez-Roy in Natural Gas Intelligence — February 26, 2024
Canciller ruso llega a la región para reforzar lazos con aliados con cita clave en Brasil
Christopher Hernandez-Roy in El Mercurio — February 21, 2024
Venezuela building up troops on Guyana border, satellite images show
Christopher Hernandez-Roy in The Guardian — February 9, 2024
Venezuela Deploys Military to Oil-Rich Guyana’s Border
Christopher Hernandez-Roy in The Wall Street Journal — February 9, 2024
Venezuela Is Adding Troops Near Guyana Border, Report Says
Christopher Hernandez-Roy in Bloomberg — February 9, 2024
Could María Corina Machado Still Run in Venezuela's Elections? An Expert Says There's Still a Chance
Christopher Hernandez-Roy in The Latin Times — February 8, 2024
Visible and Invisible Bars
Christopher Hernandez-Roy in Freedom House — January 25, 2024
Venezuela promised to take over part of Guyana. Why now?
Christopher Hernandez-Roy in Christian Science Monitor — December 13, 2023
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Two Years Later: LAC and Russia’s War in Ukraine
Critical Questions by Ryan C. Berg, Christopher Hernandez-Roy, Juliana Rubio, Rubi Bledsoe, Henry Ziemer, and Nathaniel Laske — February 22, 2024
Miscalculation and Escalation over the Essequibo: New Insights into the Risks of Venezuela's Compellence Strategy
Commentary by Christopher Hernandez-Roy, Henry Ziemer, Rubi Bledsoe, Joseph S. Bermudez Jr., and Jennifer Jun — February 9, 2024
The Entirely Manufactured and Dangerous Crisis over the Essequibo
Critical Questions by Ryan C. Berg and Christopher Hernandez-Roy — December 8, 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, Nathaniel Laske, and Henry Ziemer — November 16, 2023
Accountability or Posturing? Preparing for Cuba’s Fourth Universal Periodic Review
Commentary by Christopher Hernandez-Roy and Andrea Michelle Cerén — October 24, 2023
Ensuring Information Integrity in Electoral Processes in the Americas
Commentary by Christopher Hernandez-Roy, Rubi Bledsoe, and Gabriela Marma-Gutierrez — July 28, 2023
Countering Threats Posed by Nation-State Actors in Latin America to U.S. Homeland Security
Congressional Testimony by Christopher Hernandez-Roy — June 21, 2023
Brazil’s Misaligned Censorship Policy Risks Cutting Off Free Speech to Spite Disinformation
Commentary by Christopher Hernandez-Roy and Michael McKenna — May 25, 2023
Can North America Become a Semiconductor Powerhouse?
Critical Questions by Ryan C. Berg, Christopher Hernandez-Roy, Juliana Rubio, Rubi Bledsoe, and Henry Ziemer — May 23, 2023