Ficha de relación
The Gambia
Estados Unidos
Evaluación de la relación
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Development and democratic-transition cooperation alongside U.S. human-rights and deportation-related pressure
The Gambia hacia Estados Unidos
+20The Gambian government has engaged with U.S.-supported development and health programs and with Peace Corps activities, and cooperated with the United States during the 2017 democratic transition. Cooperation over accepting Gambian deportees from the United States has also been a source of friction.
Estados Unidos hacia The Gambia
+30The United States has provided development and health assistance and supported The Gambia’s democratic transition in 2017. It has also restricted some trade benefits over human-rights concerns and imposed visa-related measures tied to Gambian cooperation on accepting deportees.
Relación general
+25The relationship combines U.S. assistance and engagement with The Gambia’s democratic transition with periodic U.S. pressure over human rights and deportation cooperation. These recurring practical ties and disputes point to a generally cooperative but not especially close bilateral relationship.
Cómo interpretar estas puntuaciones
Las puntuaciones son valoraciones aproximadas, no mediciones objetivas ni una verificación actual. Las puntuaciones direccionales describen políticas y actuaciones gubernamentales, no la opinión pública. La puntuación general es una estimación independiente, nunca un promedio.
- −100
- Hostilidad extrema y sostenida
- −50
- Considerablemente adversa
- 0
- Mixta o neutral, respaldada por información
- +50
- Considerablemente cooperativa
- +100
- Asociación excepcionalmente estrecha y sostenida
«Sin evaluar» significa que no hay una puntuación registrada. La existencia de una pareja no implica reconocimiento diplomático ni relaciones establecidas.
Contexto de la relación
Panorama general
The Gambia and the United States have maintained a relationship that includes U.S. development and health assistance, Peace Corps engagement, and cooperation around The Gambia’s democratic transition in 2017. U.S. policy has also included restrictions tied to human-rights concerns and cooperation on accepting deportees. These features indicate practical cooperation alongside recurring policy friction; the breadth and implementation of bilateral arrangements are unclear.
Áreas de tensión
- U.S. human-rights concerns and restrictions affecting trade benefits.
- Gambian cooperation with U.S. efforts to return Gambian nationals subject to deportation.
Acontecimientos clave
The United States supported The Gambia’s democratic transition following the 2016 election and Yahya Jammeh’s departure in 2017.
The United States imposed visa-related measures concerning Gambian cooperation with the return of Gambian nationals subject to deportation.
U.S. trade-benefit eligibility for The Gambia was affected by concerns over human rights and governance.
Principales incertidumbres
- The scope and current implementation of bilateral security and development cooperation are unclear.
- The status of cooperation on accepting deportees and related U.S. visa restrictions is uncertain.