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May 24, 2022

Western Hemisphere Regional

• “Us Says Seeking Ways to Include Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua Voices in Summit” (Agence France Presse, Voice of America, May 24, 2022).

The United States said Monday it was looking for ways to represent the people of Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua in a summit next month following threats to boycott over their governments’ exclusion

• Courtney Subramanian, “Biden Administration Races to Salvage Summit of Americas in los Angeles” (The Los Angeles Times, May 24, 2022).

A brewing boycott over the invitation list to this year’s Summit of the Americas, planned for Los Angeles next month, has threatened to overshadow the meeting’s agenda

Colombia

• Helena Uran Bidegain, “¿Que Hara el Proximo Comandante en Jefe?” (Cambio (Colombia), May 24, 2022).

La fuerza pública ha logrado con facilidad que aquellos acostumbrados a obedecer y que no saben reclamarle al poder, se convenzan de que Colombia se divide entre buenos y malos y que ellos, por supuesto, son los héroes

• Kyle Johnson, “Otra Mirada de Lo Interno del Eln” (Conflict Responses Foundation, La Silla Vacia (Colombia), May 24, 2022).

Una mirada al interior del ELN no muestra solamente desafíos de negociar con este guerrilla, sino algunas señales de que sí sería posible

• Manuel Rueda, “Ex-Rebel Emerges as Favorite in Colombian Presidential Race” (Associated Press, Associated Press, May 24, 2022).

• Samantha Schmidt, “Behind Bulletproof Shields, Colombian Candidates Fear for Their Lives” (The Washington Post, May 24, 2022).

Front-runner Gustavo Petro could be Colombia’s first leftist president. Death threats have led his campaign to take unusual security measures

• Elizabeth Dickinson, “Colombia’s Election Clash Rattles a Fragile Peace” (International Crisis Group, May 24, 2022).

The elections come at a time of enormous agitation and tension in Colombia, following four years featuring long pandemic lockdowns, economic shocks, mass urban protests and accelerating violent conflict in rural areas

• “Un Muerto y Cuatro Heridos Dejo Erradicacion de Cultivos en Caqueta” (El Espectador (Colombia), May 24, 2022).

Es la cuarta vez en el mes de mayo que se presentan enfrentamientos de esta naturaleza

El Salvador

• “Personas Saturan Entrada a Penal de Mariona Esperando Liberacion de Familiares Detenidos en Regimen de Excepcion” (La Prensa Grafica (El Salvador), May 24, 2022).

Desesperados por conocer el estado en el que se encuentran los reos detenidos durante el régimen de excepción en El Salvador, decenas de familiares de los capturados se concentraron en las entradas principales del Centro Penal

U.S.-Mexico Border

• Eileen Sullivan, “As Border Crossings Soar, Biden Relies on Shelters to Manage Influx” (The New York Times, May 24, 2022).

With 8,200 crossings daily, an informal pipeline of shelters and other way stations to house and feed migrants has become central to the government’s response plan

• Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, “Federal Judge Blocks Termination of Title 42: What You Need to Know” (American Immigration Council, May 24, 2022).

Notice and comment rulemaking can be a lengthy process that will likely take the CDC months to carry out if it seeks to end Title 42 again

• Dianne Solis, “Gov. Abbott Visits Eagle Pass as Migrants Grapple With Title 42?S Inequities” (The Dallas Morning News, May 24, 2022).

‘They are only letting Cubans, Venezuelans and Nicaraguans across,’ said a Honduran mother in despair