RSS - Posts
May 30, 2022
Argentina, Western Hemisphere Regional
- “Mas Tension Con los Estados Unidos: Argentina Organiza una Reunion de la Celac Paralela a la Cumbre de las Americas” (La Nacion (Argentina), May 30, 2022).
Fuentes oficiales confirmaron que se busca organizar una “reunión de trabajo” de funcionarios del bloque, incorporando a Cuba, Nicaragua y Venezuela; la Casa Blanca se niega a invitar a esos países
Brazil
- Vinicius Madureira, “Brazil: 23 Dead in Police Operation in Rio” (Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, May 30, 2022).
At least 23 people were killed during a police raid of a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, where authorities assumed members of a gang called Comando Vermelho, or Red Command, were holding a meeting.
Colombia
- Julie Turkewitz, “In Colombia, a Leftist and a Right-Wing Populist Head for June Runoff” (The New York Times, May 30, 2022).
The results in the first round of voting delivered a stunning blow to Colombia’s dominant conservative political class
- Astrid Suarez, Regina Garcia Cano, “Populist Millionaire Faces Ex-Rebel for Colombia Presidency” (Associated Press, Associated Press, May 30, 2022).
Colombian voters opted for a dramatic change in presidential politics, choosing a leftist former rebel and an outsider populist businessman
- Adam Isacson, Gimena Sanchez-Garzoli, “Colombia Elections: ‘The Next President Is Either Going to Effectively Kill the Peace Accord or Save It’” (Washington Office on Latin America, May 30, 2022).
The main challenges the new president will face, the risks of electoral violence, and the implications of Colombia’s new political map for the bilateral relationship with the United States
- “Final Inedita” (Cambio (Colombia), May 30, 2022).
Rodolfo Hernández, un constructor desconocido para la mayoría del país, podría ganarle la carrera a Gustavo Petro, quien lleva más de un año como favorito en las encuestas
- Alicia Florez, Juliana Manjarres, “How Colombia’s Criminal Groups Are Preparing for Presidential Elections” (InsightCrime, May 30, 2022).
At least one criminal group maintains a presence in 59 percent of the municipalities where election-related violence has occurred
- Javier Patino C., “Sin Otoniel, Sin Gentil, Sin Matamba: Nuevo Mapa Criminal de Colombia” (Cambio (Colombia), May 30, 2022).
Con la caída de alias Matamba, alias Gentil Duarte y la extradición de Otoniel, se transformaron las estructuras de los principales cabecillas del Clan del Golfo y las disidencias de las Farc
Guatemala
- Douglas Cuevas, “¿Que Demandan los Vecinos de Zonas Rojas para Prevenir la Violencia y Que Recomiendan los Expertos?” (Prensa Libre (Guatemala), May 30, 2022).
Hacer reuniones con los vecinos, ellos les explican que necesitan y comienzan a ejecutar obras que busquen la recuperación de espacios públicos que generen connivencia social y una sana recreación
Mexico
- “Miles de Migrantes Amenazan Con Nueva Caravana en la Frontera Entre Mexico y Guatemala Si Autoridades No Les Facilitan Visas” (EFE, Prensa Libre (Guatemala), May 30, 2022).
Unos cinco mil migrantes de países de Centro y Suramérica marcharon por segundo día consecutivo en la ciudad mexicana de Tapachula
- ““Afortunadamente No Paso Nada”, Dice Amlo Sobre Reten a Reporteros en Badiraguato” (SinEmbargo (Mexico), May 30, 2022).
Ayer viernes 27 de mayo, un grupo de civiles armados detuvo a grupos de prensa que acudieron a la cobertura de la gira del Presidente en Sinaloa
U.S.-Mexico Border
- Eileen Sullivan, “Border Patrol Tactical Unit Has at Times Played High-Profile Role” (The New York Times, May 30, 2022).
Members of the Border Patrol Tactical Unit, the agency’s version of a SWAT team, dropped what they were doing and went to the school, about a 40-minute drive from where they had been working on the southwest border
- “Mexico Finds 3 Migrants Drowned in Rio Grande” (Associated Press, The Washington Post, May 30, 2022).
The National Immigration Institute said no identification was found on two of the bodies, but a third bore documents indicating he was from Nicaragua