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October 12, 2022
Western Hemisphere Regional
- Guillermo Garat, “¿y Si America Latina Perdonara la Posesion de Marihuana Como Biden?” (The Washington Post, October 12, 2022).
El Estado violenta a usuarios de drogas pobres, satura las oficinas del sistema judicial, encarcela a los eslabones más bajos, mientras delitos como los de lavado de dinero son escasamente investigados e improbablemente condenados
Brazil
- Terrence Mccoy, “My Friend Was Killed Deep in the Amazon Forest. I Went to Investigate.” (The Washington Post, October 12, 2022).
Journalist Dom Phillips was following Indigenous rights activist Bruno Pereira when both men disappeared along a remote river
Chile
- Catalina Martinez, “Congreso Aprueba Novena Prorroga del Estado de Excepcion en la Macrozona Sur: Medida Regira por Otros 15 Dias” (La Tercera (Chile), October 12, 2022).
El estado de emergencia, que permite el despliegue de las Fuerzas Armadas, fue decretado el 16 de mayo por el gobierno del Presidente Gabriel Boric, en la Región de La Araucanía, y las provincias de Arauco y del Biobío
Colombia
- “Colombia Avanza en su Reforma del Servicio Militar Obligatorio” (Voz de América, Nicaragua Investiga, October 12, 2022).
El presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, planteó desde su campaña presidencial la posibilidad de reemplazar el servicio militar obligatorio y sustituirlo por un servicio que no necesariamente deba ser prestado en las fuerzas militares
- Maria Camila Ramirez Canon, “Compra de Tierras: Claves y Dudas Que Deja el Acuerdo Entre el Gobierno y Fedegan” (El Espectador (Colombia), October 12, 2022).
Le contamos cuáles son las claves para entender este acuerdo y las preguntas que deja
- Rachel Nolan, “Sixty Years On: Colombia’s Truth Commission Report” (London Review of Books, October 12, 2022).
Uribe says the FARC was the bad guy, and the Truth Commission says no: everyone committed crimes, but the government and paramilitaries were worse. The story told is complicated, because it was a complicated war
Colombia, Panama
- ““la Crisis Humanitaria en el Darien se Ha Agudizado”: Defensoria” (El Espectador (Colombia), October 12, 2022).
Los registros oficiales señalan que, por ejemplo, en la semana del 24 al 30 de septiembre se reportaron 14.000 salidas de migrantes, que se traduce en un 12% más en comparación con la semana anterior
Dominican Republic, Haiti
- Megan Janetsky, “Dominican Republic Cracks Down at Border Amid Haiti Chaos” (Associated Press, Associated Press, October 12, 2022).
Dominican President Luis Abinader announced the country’s biggest purchase of military gear since 1961 – six helicopters, ten aircraft, 21 armored vehicles and four anti-riot trucks
Haiti
- Danica Coto, “Concerns Grow as Cholera Spreads Through Haiti’s Prisons” (Associated Press, Associated Press, October 12, 2022).
U.S. Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Brian Nichols was scheduled to fly to Haiti on Wednesday as part of an official two-day visit
- James North, “Haitians Have United Against Foreign Intervention—and One Former U.S. Diplomat Agrees” (The New Republic, October 12, 2022).
The Commission for a Haitian Solution to the Crisis, also known as the Montana Accord (named for the Port-au-Prince hotel where the group formed), issued a statement on October 7 opposing any foreign intervention
- Danica Coto, “Explainer: Haiti’s Troubled History of Foreign Interventions” (Associated Press, Associated Press, October 12, 2022).
Since the early 1900s, there have been at least three major foreign military interventions in Haiti led by the United States and the United Nations
Honduras
- Luis Escalante, “Cambio Climatico Orilla a Hondurenos a Buscar Refugio en un Nuevo Tps” (Criterio (Honduras), October 12, 2022).
Gobierno hondureño intercede ante Estados Unidos sobre la necesidad de extender el actual TPS a damnificados por Eta y Iota, o a crear un nuevo TPS
Mexico
- Martin Moreno-Duran, “Ejercito, Adan Augusto: La Sombra del Narco” (SinEmbargo (Mexico), October 12, 2022).
El hackeo de “Guacamaya” exhibe la corrupción, abusos y delitos de dos poderes: el poder militar y el poder presidencial (incluida la familia de AMLO)
- Leon Ramirez, Oscar Nogueda, “Sedena Propuso Carcel por Conocer Informacion de Seguridad Nacional” (Animal Politico (Mexico), October 12, 2022).
El borrador de la Sedena y el CNI contempla penas de prisión y multas a quienes, entre otras cosas, posean, accedan o conozcan información identificada como de seguridad nacional
- Joy Olson, “Not Fit for Purpose” (Mexico Today, October 12, 2022).
Because standing armies require a lot of people and resources, there is always a temptation to use them for non-defense tasks. This is not unique to Mexico. Militaries get used because they already exist and cost a lot to maintain
- Patricia Davila, “Desde Hace Tres Meses Solo los Militares Patrullan las Calles” (Proceso (Mexico), October 12, 2022).
El golpe estaba dado desde el 9 de septiembre, con la publicación en el Diario Oficial de la Federación, el decreto por el que se “ordena” dar de baja a todo el personal de Policía Federal que quede en la GN
- Mauricio Torres, “Titular de Sedena Rechaza Reunion Con Diputados; Los Cita el 18 de Octubre” (Animal Politico (Mexico), October 12, 2022).
En vez de ello, el general citó a los legisladores a un encuentro en su oficina el próximo 18 de octubre
Nicaragua
- “Aqui se Obedece: Analisis del Poder Local” (Urnas Abiertas (Nicaragua), October 12, 2022).
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U.S.-Mexico Border
- Melissa del Bosque, “The Texas Border County at the Center of a Dangerous Right-Wing Experiment” (The Intercept, October 12, 2022).
Officials in rural Kinney County, Texas, are pushing Gov. Greg Abbott to take ever more extreme action against migrants and asylum-seekers
- Edgar Sandoval, J. David Goodman, James Dobbins, “Death on the Border: Were Twin Brothers Hunting Migrants or Wildlife?” (The New York Times, October 12, 2022).
When two migrants were shot on a roadside in West Texas, the police arrested two suspects: The warden of a troubled private prison, and his brother, a local jail employee
- Anna Deen, Joshua Keating, Maggie Stevens, Matthew Zeitlin, “Is Biden to Blame for the Border Crisis? How U.S. Policies Aren’t Keeping Up With Global Migration Trends” (Grid, October 12, 2022).
Congress remains deadlocked on how to enact immigration reform, leaving the task of managing the influx of people — a rapidly escalating problem — to the Biden White House. But the causes of the current migration boom are complicated
- Adam Isacson, “U.S. Border Policy Must Adapt to the Region’s New Migration Patterns” (Washington Office on Latin America, World Politics Review, October 12, 2022).
Nonstop commentary in the U.S. about a “border crisis” fails to convey a dramatic shift in the migrant population over the past nine years
Venezuela
- “A Clandestine Surgical Intervention Marked the Last Days of Baduel, Warns Provea Report” (PROVEA (Venezuela), October 12, 2022).
On the first anniversary of the death of Raúl Isaías Baduel, Provea presents the report “The slow death of Baduel”, through which the human rights violations against the Minister of Defense and his relatives during almost 11 years of political prison are systematized
- Stefano Pozzebon, “Rights Activists Hail Venezuela’s Departure From un Human Rights Council” (CNN, October 12, 2022).
It has come under criticism for allowing the participation of countries with spotty human rights records, including China, Cuba, Saudi Arabia and Russia
- Priscilla Alvarez, “First on Cnn: Biden Admin Working on Plan to Manage Flow of Venezuelan Migrants, Sources Say” (CNN, October 12, 2022).
The plan is intended to serve as an expanded and more orderly process. If migrants meet the criteria and are approved, they’d then be paroled into the US at an airport with the ability to also work legally
- Eileen Sullivan, Zolan Kanno-Youngs, “Biden Administration Considering Humanitarian Parole Program for Venezuelans” (The New York Times, October 12, 2022).
The program, an effort to deal with a surge in migrants, would be similar to one offered to Ukrainians
Venezuela, Western Hemisphere Regional
- “Three Quarters of Refugees and Migrants From Venezuela Struggle to Access Basic Services in Latin America and the Caribbean” (UNHCR/IOM, UN Refugee Agency, October 12, 2022).
Some 4.3 million refugees and migrants from Venezuela face challenges accessing food, housing and stable employment, a recent assessment concludes