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January 11, 2023
Brazil
– Luciana Magalhaes, Patricia Kowsmann, Samantha Pearson, “Brazil’s Military Stopped Mob at Capital, Ignoring Calls to Stage a Coup” (The Wall Street Journal, January 11, 2023).
A look at the role of Brazil’s military on January 8, when its leaders did the right thing for democracy
Colombia
– Santiago Torrado, “Francia Marquez Denuncia un Intento de Atentado Con Explosivos en su Contra” (El Pais (Spain), January 11, 2023).
Bodyguards find a large improvised explosive device by a roadside along the Vice President’s route in her native Cauca
Colombia, Peru
– Bram Ebus, Ivan Brehaut, “La Violencia de la Coca Cruza de Putumayo Hacia Peru” (La Liga Contra el Silencio, Voragine (Colombia), January 11, 2023).
The alarming resurgence of coca, armed groups, and deforestation in Putumayo, Colombia and across the river in Peru
Colombia, Venezuela
– “La Ofensiva Diplomatica de Gustavo Petro para Rescatar la Confianza del Eln” (Revista Cambio (Colombia), January 11, 2023).
Sen. Ariel Avila says “the ELN’s ‘crisis’ communiqué can be interpreted as ‘a message from that guerrilla expressing its rejection of any pressure from the Maduro government to reach a bilateral ceasefire'”
Guatemala
– Julio Roman, Maria Andrea Dominguez, “Migracion a Estados Unidos: Los Cinco Departamentos Que Mas Deportados Tuvieron Durante el 2022” (Prensa Libre (Guatemala), January 11, 2023).
Maps from Guatemala’s migration authority show that residents of the country’s rural highlands are leaving in greatest numbers
Guatemala, Mexico
– Liliana Villatoro, ““No Hablan de Nosotras, las Mujeres Migrantes”” (Agencia Ocote (Guatemala), January 11, 2023).
Interviews with Guatemalan women migrants show their often invisible struggle
Honduras
– Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon), “Ahead of U.S.-Honduras Strategic Human Rights Dialogue, Merkley Issues Statement Denouncing Human Rights Abuses and Urging U.S. to Strengthen Anti-Corruption, Pro-Rights Agenda” (U.S. Senate, January 11, 2023).
“Nothing will change in Honduras until the structures of criminality—which are deeply embedded in both the military and police—are investigated and the perpetrators of human rights abuses are held accountable”
– David C Adams, Jeff Ernst, “Honduras Ex-President’s Drug Trafficking Trial Postponed Until September” (Univision, January 11, 2023).
“The unprecedented trial was scheduled for April, but government and defense lawyers say they need more time to review sensitive and classified documents, including Hernandez’s cooperation with the CIA”
Mexico
– “Remarks by President Biden, Prime Minister Trudeau, and President Lopez Obrador in Joint Press Conference” (The White House, January 11, 2023).
AMLO praises Biden for not building a single meter of border wall
– Anushka Patil, Michael D. Shear, “Biden Defends His Immigration Policy as Summit in Mexico Wraps Up” (The New York Times, January 11, 2023).
Migration was the dominant theme at the North American leaders’ summit, but the leaders had little new to announce
Peru
– Genevieve Glatsky, Julie Turkewitz, Mitra Taj, “Death Toll in Peru Rises to 47 Amid Extraordinary Violence” (The New York Times, January 11, 2023).
Peru’s security forces stand accused of indiscriminately using lethal force in Puno on January 9
– Aramis Castro, “Region Puno: 18 Fallecidos en un Dia de Protestas Contra Boluarte y el Congreso” (Ojo Publico (Peru), January 11, 2023).
Moment-to-moment coverage of Monday’s political violence in Puno
U.S.-Mexico Border
– Jose Ignacio Castaneda Perez, “Footing the Bill: Doug Ducey’s Shipping Container Barrier Will Cost Arizona Taxpayers Over $200m” (The Arizona Republic, January 11, 2023).
The price tag for the former governor’s short-lived “container wall” reaches $27 per Arizonan
– “Two Dead, Multiple Injured in Three-Vehicle Collision Following Failure to Yield Incident in Uvalde, Texas” (U.S. Customs and Border Protection, January 11, 2023).
In a September vehicle pursuit incident in Texas, a fatal crash happens after Border Patrol “loses sight” of the vehicle it is chasing
Venezuela
– Abraham F. Lowenthal, “Venezuela in 2023 and Beyond: Charting a New Course” (Woodrow Wilson Center, January 11, 2023).
Strong support for the Mexico negotiations as the best path out of Venezuela’s political crisis