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August 16, 2022

Brazil

• Andrew Downie, “Brazil’s Presidential Campaign Launches Amid Fears of Violence and Upheaval” (The Guardian (Uk), August 16, 2022).

Far-right president Jair Bolsonaro is trailing in the polls and has hinted he will not cede power if defeated

Colombia

• James Bosworth, “Colombia Could See Big Changes in Petro’s First 100 Days” (Hxagon, World Politics Review, August 16, 2022).

Even if Colombia’s political system is doomed to hit gridlock later in his term, the country’s new president, Gustavo Petro, still has a few months to check a few agenda items off his list and start their implementation

El Salvador

• “El Salvador Libera a Mas de 800 Personas Arrestadas Durante el Regimen de Excepcion” (EFE, El Universo (Ecuador), August 16, 2022).

Más de 800 personas que fueron arrestadas durante el régimen de excepción que se implementa en El Salvador para combatir a las pandillas han sido liberadas

Guatemala

• Ricardo Barrientos, “¡Alerta por Peligro de Control Militar Sobre el Tse!” (Plaza Publica (Guatemala), August 16, 2022).

La sociedad civil organizada, la prensa independiente, y la ciudadanía en general debemos interesarnos en investigar y denunciar este convenio entre el Tribunal Supremo Electoral (TSE) y el Ministerio de la Defensa

• Marielos Monzon, “Ampliar el Abanico de la Impunidad” (Prensa Libre (Guatemala), August 16, 2022).

La alianza pro-impunidad de hoy revive, de alguna manera, el pacto que se forjó durante la guerra

• Julie Lopez, “El Dudoso Caso Contra Jose Ruben Zamora se Armo en 72 Horas” (El Faro (El Salvador), August 16, 2022).

Sus abogados sostienen que los señalamientos se basan solo en el testimonio de un exbanquero que, según Zamora, lavó dinero para los expresidentes Mauricio Funes de El Salvador y Jimmy Morales de Guatemala

Mexico

• Carlos A. Perez Ricart, “Las Razones del Presidente para Integrar la Guardia Nacional a la Sedena” (SinEmbargo (Mexico), August 16, 2022).

El mayor problema está en las condiciones laborales de los militares de la Guardia Nacional. Estos llegaron a una nueva institución con un “oficio de comisión”

• Elliot Spagat, Fabiola Sanchez , “Mexico’s Week of Drug Violence Shakes Administration” (Associated Press, Associated Press, August 16, 2022).

López Obrador suggested Monday the attacks were part of a political conspiracy against him by opponents that he describes as “conservatives” and he argued that “there is no big problem” with security

• “Mexico Peace Index: The Most and Least Peaceful States in Mexico” (Vision of Humanity, August 16, 2022).

Mexico’s peacefulness has deteriorated by 17.1 percent over the last seven years. However, in the past two years, peacefulness in the country has improved by 3.6 percent

U.S.-Mexico Border

• Paul Ingram, “Arizona Stacking Cargo Containers to Block Border in Yuma, Ducey Says” (The Tucson Sentinel (Tucson Arizona), August 16, 2022).

CBP officials blindsided by state move to block asylum-seekers

• Myles Traphagen, “Shipping Containers Won’t Solve Immigration Issues” (Wildlands Network , tucson.com, August 16, 2022).

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• “Cbp Releases July 2022 Monthly Operational Update” (U.S. Customs and Border Protection, August 16, 2022).

The number of unique individuals encountered nationwide in July 2022 was 162,792, a one percent increase in the number of unique enforcement encounters than the prior month

• Michelle Hackman, Santiago Perez, “Record Numbers of Migrants Arrested at Southern Border, With Two Million Annual Total in Sight” (The Wall Street Journal, August 16, 2022).

With about two months left in the agency’s fiscal year, full-year arrests are expected to break the two million mark for the first time

• Kate Morrissey, “First Confusion, and Finally Some Relief, as ‘Remain in Mexico’ Begins to Wind Down in San Diego” (The Los Angeles Times, August 16, 2022).

One to three people a day are being removed from Migrant Protection Protocols, which required asylum seekers to wait in Tijuana for U.S. court cases

U.S.-Mexico Border, Venezuela

• Luz Mely Reyes, “Como Llegan los Nuevos Migrantes Venezolanos a Washington Dc (I)” (Efecto Cocuyo (Venezuela), August 16, 2022).

Desde abril de 2022, cientos de migrantes que han ingresado por caminos no autorizados de la frontera sur son enviados a la capital de Estados Unidos y Nueva York por instrucciones de los gobernadores de Texas y Arizona

Venezuela

• Sofia Nederr, “Padrino Destaca “Union” en Inicio de Army Games Con Presencia de China y Rusia” (Tal Cual (Venezuela), August 16, 2022).

Dentro de las delegaciones participantes se encuentran China, Rusia e Irán