RSS - PostsJanuary 9, 2023
Brazil
– Rafael R. Ioris, “Democracy Under Attack in Brazil: 5 Questions About the Storming of Congress and the Role of the Military” (University of Denver, The Conversation, January 9, 2023).
A smart instant take on the Brasilia “January 6” episode with Brazil expert Rafael R. Ioris of the University of Denver
– “Partidarios de Bolsonaro Invaden las Sedes de los Tres Poderes en Manifestacion Contra Lula, Minuto a Minuto” (Deutsche Welle, Revista Cambio (Colombia), January 9, 2023).
Moment-by-moment Spanish coverage of the Brasilia version of January 6
Colombia
– Gabriel Silva Lujan, “Aviones, Mentiras y Seguridad Nacional” (Revista Cambio (Colombia), January 9, 2023).
“Incoherence, improvisation, and contradictions” in the Colombian government’s planned purchase of fighter jets
– Gloria Castrillon Pulido, “Las Razones de Petro para Decretar Cese al Fuego Con el Eln” (El Espectador (Colombia), January 9, 2023).
The military is already preparing the ground for an eventual ceasefire with the ELN
– Camilo Alzate Gonzalez, ““Todas las Facciones de las Agc Estan Con el Cese al Fuego”: Padre Albeiro Parra” (El Espectador (Colombia), January 9, 2023).
Chocó priest discusses the new “humanitarian relief” measures being implemented to diminish the conflict’s effects on the civilian population, within the framework of the Petro government’s new peace talks
– “Report of the Secretary-General on the un Verification Mission in Colombia. S/2022/1004” (Mision de la ONU en Colombia, January 9, 2023).
Latest quarterly UN verification report strikes an optimistic tone on implementation of the accord’s rural chapter
Cuba, U.S.-Mexico Border
– Elliot Spagat, “Cubans Crossing Into Us Stunned to Hear of New Asylum Limits” (Associated Press, Associated Press, January 9, 2023).
Across from Yuma, AP talks to some of the first Cuban migrants to be stranded in Mexico by the Biden administration’s new Title 42 expansion
Honduras
– Jennifer Ávila, “Los Que No se Van se Toman la Tierra” (Contra Corriente, January 9, 2023).
Update on Honduras’s land tenure struggles, especially in the violent Aguán region
Mexico
– Christopher Sherman, Fabiola Sanchez , Mark Stevenson, “Mexican Capo’s Arrest a Gesture to Us, Not Signal of Change” (Associated Press, Associated Press, January 9, 2023).
Experts say Ovidio Guzmán’s arrest was just a bone thrown to the U.S. government, and not a course change for the Mexican government
– Kevin Sieff, Mary Beth Sheridan, “Dozens Slain in Mexico’s Arrest of Alleged Fentanyl Trafficker Sought by U.S.” (The Washington Post, January 9, 2023).
The death toll from mayhem following Ovidio Guzmán’s arrest has risen to 29
Mexico, U.S.-Mexico Border
– Edgar Sandoval, Michael D. Shear, “Biden Visits Southern Border Amid Fresh Crackdown on Migrants” (The New York Times, January 9, 2023).
Mexico “bluntly” rejects any “safe-third country” arrangements for asylum seekers
U.S.-Mexico Border
– Mj Lee, Priscilla Alvarez, “Biden Makes Tightly Controlled Visit to the Southern Border, His First as President” (CNN, January 9, 2023).
The President visited a migrant respite center, but “coincidentally” there weren’t any migrants there at the time
– Lauren Villagran, “Biden at the Border: President Tours Migrant Emergency During el Paso Visit” (The El Paso Times, January 9, 2023).
“If given the chance, the president will see the migrant crisis among people sleeping under Red Cross blankets outside Sacred Heart Catholic Church”
– Kate Linthicum, “As Biden Visits Southern Border, a Humanitarian Crisis Looms in Mexico” (The Los Angeles Times, January 9, 2023).
The population of migrants stranded in Mexico border cities is swelling, and likely to increase
– Maria Sacchetti, Nick Miroff, “Immigration Pivot Shows Biden Facing Hard Reality of Border Politics” (The Washington Post, January 9, 2023).
Political analysis portrays Biden as ceding ground to conservatives on immigration policy
– Camilo Montoya-Galvez, “Top Biden Officials Field Frustration From Democratic Allies Over Border Crackdown” (CBS News, January 9, 2023).
The Democrats’ progressive wing is voicing its strong disappointment at the Biden administration’s recent trajectory on border and migration policy
– Gabriela Minjares, Veronica Martinez, “Arriban Migrantes Expulsados Bajo Nuevas Acciones de Control Fronterizo de Estados Unidos” (La Verdad (Ciudad Juarez Mexico), January 9, 2023).
Expulsions of Cubans, Haitians, and Nicaraguans have begun in Ciudad Juárez