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- Sarah Kinosian, “Guns, Drugs, Jobs. In These Venezuelan Towns, Colombian Rebels Call the Shots” (Reuters, Reuters, September 2, 2021).
The guerrillas pay villagers, including children, to staff narcotics operations, extortion rackets and wildcat gold mines in both countries
El Salvador
- Gabriel Labrador, “Asamblea de Bukele Reforma la Ley para Purgar a un Tercio de los Jueces” (El Faro (El Salvador), September 2, 2021).
Lo aprobado implica una purga a todos aquellos jueces y fiscales mayores de 60 años o con 30 años de servicio
Honduras
- Ainhoa Montoya, Rupert Knox, “Arbitrary Justice: The Fate of Environmental Defenders in Honduras” (NACLA, September 2, 2021).
The case has set an important and worrying precedent. Honduran authorities charged local leaders defending rivers and a protected natural area with criminal association based on the mining company’s groundless claims
Nicaragua
- Stephen Kinzer, “Ortega in His Labyrinth” (The New York Review of Books, September 2, 2021).
Nicaragua’s president has created an insular dynastic tyranny that eerily resembles the one against which he fought decades ago
Venezuela
- Michael Penfold, “El Rubicon Venezolano y la Negociacion en Mexico” (El Pais (Spain), September 2, 2021).
Lamentablemente, la idea de una negociación exitosa también es frágil. La razón: la oposición no lleva ninguna alternativa real a la mesa y su poder de negociación es más bajo