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June 7, 2022
Western Hemisphere Regional
- “The Ninth Summit of the Americas: Five Things You Need to Know” (Washington Office on Latin America, June 7, 2022).
The real test will be whether the commitments and declarations emerging from the Summit include clear plans of action with specific timelines, and ways for civil society actors to actively participate in the follow-up process
- Tracy Wilkinson, “Summit of the Americas Opens in l.A. As U.S. Grapples With Deteriorating Relations and Influence” (The Los Angeles Times, June 7, 2022).
The first Summit of the Americas, in Miami in 1994, opened up an era of promise. Since then, democratic backsliding and a return to autocratic leaders has threatened to overshadow the event
Brazil
- Jack Nicas, Manuela Andreoni, “British Journalist and Indigenous Expert Are Missing in Amazon After Threats” (The New York Times, June 7, 2022).
Dom Phillips and Bruno Araújo Pereira were last seen Sunday morning traveling in a boat in the northern Brazilian state of Amazonas
Colombia
- Samantha Schmidt, “The Trump-Like Tiktok Star Who Could Be Colombia’s Next President” (The Washington Post, June 7, 2022).
Rodolfo Hernández admits he doesn’t know the country well, but doesn’t think it matters. Neither, it seems, do his supporters
- Juan Diego Quesada, Lluis Munoz, “Saravena, la Ciudad Donde No Roban; Solo Matan” (El Pais (Spain), June 7, 2022).
El enfrentamiento entre la guerrilla y grupos de narcotraficantes hacen de ella una de las ciudades con mayor tasa de homicidios del planeta
- Carolina Sanchez Q., Sebastian Penuela, Oriana Alonso, Paulo Esteban Tovar, “El Dilema de los Pdet: ¿Como Construir Sobre Lo Construido Sin Seguir en Lo Mismo?” (Fundacion Ideas por la Paz (Colombia), June 7, 2022).
Cinco años después de que estos programas se pusieran en marcha, la FIP cree que es posible trabajar sobre lo que ya está hecho y, sobre todo, darle un nuevo impulso a la participación
- Gimena Sanchez, “Otan – Colombia, “Aliado Principal de Estados Unidos”: ¿Que Significa?” (Washington Office on Latin America, Razon Publica (Colombia), June 7, 2022).
Washington nos obsequió una distinción simbólica, con algunos beneficios militares y económicos. ¿Qué implica esta decisión para las relaciones entre los dos países?
Cuba, Mexico
- Jose Diaz Briseno, “Preocupa Apoyo de Amlo a ‘Dictadores’.- Senador Menendez” (Reforma (Mexico), June 7, 2022).
La decisión del Presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador de no acudir a la Cumbre de las Américas en Los Ángeles esta semana es un apoyo preocupante a “dictadores” del hemisferio, aseguró este lunes Bob Menéndez, presidente del Comité de Relaciones Exteriores del Senado de Estados Unidos
El Salvador
- Jorge BeltrÁn Luna, “Hermano de Joven Detenido en Izalco: “Quieren Hacernos Creer Que Murio de Neumonia”” (El Diario De Hoy (El Salvador), June 7, 2022).
Un joven fue capturado el 2 de abril en Atiquizaya bajo el régimen de excepción. Murió el 3 de junio y ayer lo sepultaron. Imágenes del cadáver muestran claras evidencias de tortura, afirman familiares
El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras
- Jasmine Wright, Priscilla Alvarez, “Harris’ Tough Task Addressing Migration to the Southern Border Not Getting Any Easier One Year Later” (CNN, June 7, 2022).
Like previous administrations, finding a reliable partner in the region has proved difficult
Guatemala
- Sandra Sanchez, “U.S. Is Asked to Sanction Guatemala Over Alleged Human Rights Violations, Corruption” (Border Report, June 7, 2022).
Several former Guatemalan judicial leaders in exile and faith-based and nonprofit groups are asking the United States to impose sanctions against Guatemala to stop what they call a “corrupt” regime controlling the Central American country
Mexico
- Edgar H. Clemente, “Migrant Caravan Sets Out in Southern Mexico” (Associated Press, Associated Press, June 7, 2022).
Several thousand migrants set out walking in the rain early Monday in southern Mexico, tired of waiting to normalize their status
- IsaÍn Mandujano, “Miles de Migrantes Salen de Tapachula en Otra Marcha Caravana, Exigen Visas Humanitarias” (Chiapas Paralelo (Chiapas), June 7, 2022).
Unos cinco mil migrantes, el 80 por ciento de ellos venezolanos, salieron este lunes en uan marcha caravana desde Tapachula para adentrarse en territorio mexicano y avanzar hacia la frontera con Estados Unidos
Mexico, Western Hemisphere Regional
- Elliot Spagat, Joshua Goodman, Chris Megerian, “In Blow to Biden, Mexico President to Skip Americas Summit” (Associated Press, Associated Press, June 7, 2022).
To the surprise of many, the U.S. in early 2019 offered to host the summit. At the time, the Trump administration was enjoying something of a leadership renaissance in Latin America, albeit among mostly similar-minded conservative governments
U.S.-Mexico Border
- Tom Cartwright, “Ice Air Flights May 2022 and Last 12 Months” (Witness at the Border, June 7, 2022).
Flights to countries now accepting T42 flights, Haiti (36), Guatemala (32), Honduras (30), Colombia (21), El Salvador (12), and Brazil (1), made up 95% of all removal flights in May
Uruguay
- “Us-Uruguay Military Exchange Enhances Humanitarian Disaster Response Capabilities” (U.S. Embassy in Montevideo, Dialogo (U.S. Southern Command), June 7, 2022).
The focus of this particular JCET training was defensive operations, medical response and civilian protection, which included cargo and military airdrops, deployment of specialized personnel, and humanitarian relief in crisis or disaster situations, whether natural or man-made
Venezuela
- “Fundaredes Registra Mas de 30 Homicidios en Estados Fronterizos del Pais” (EFE, Tal Cual (Venezuela), June 7, 2022).
La Organización No Gubernamental (ONG) Fundaredes, informó este lunes que durante el mes de mayo se registraron 35 homicidios, 17 desapariciones y ocho enfrentamientos armados en seis de los ocho estados fronterizos
- William Neuman, “Venezuela Sanctions Aren’t Working. Don’t Repeat the Mistakes of the Cuba Embargo” (The Guardian (Uk), June 7, 2022).
The ugly logic of sanctions is to make conditions so intolerable that people rise up against Maduro or the military removes him. That hasn’t happened and there’s no reason to think it will