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July 6, 2018
Colombia
- Angela Olaya, “Arrest of Major Farc Dissident Casts Doubt on Colombia Peace Accords” (InsightCrime, July 6, 2018).
Rambo’s presumed return to the criminal world illustrates the risk the Colombian government takes when its implementation of the peace agreement with the FARC is perceived as inconsistent
- Juan Camilo Pedraza, Marisol GÓmez Giraldo, “La Jep Llama a 31 Lideres de Farc a Rendir Cuentas por Secuestros” (El Tiempo (Colombia), July 6, 2018).
La antigua cúpula de la Farc debe acudir ante la Sala de Reconocimiento de Verdad para responder por secuestros y secuestrados hoy desaparecidos
- Joshua Goodman, “Colombians Demand an End to Wave of Activist Killings” (Associated Press **, July 6, 2018).
The protests were organized hastily over social media following an especially bloody week in which at least four activists were slain
- “Editorial: Los Estan Matando” (El Espectador (Colombia), July 6, 2018).
Mientras el actual Gobierno demuestra incapacidad de reacción, en el país están tomando fuerza discursos censurables, pidiendo desde las redes sociales que no lamentemos la muerte de los líderes sociales asesinados porque los asocian con la guerrilla
- “Investigan Si Hubo Amenazas de Policia a Lider Asesinada en Antioquia” (El Tiempo (Colombia), July 6, 2018).
El subcomandante también informó que abrieron una investigación disciplinaria sobre presuntas amenazas del comandante de la estación policial de Cáceres a la victima
Colombia, Venezuela
- “Venezuela, Uno de los Temas Prioritarios en Reunion Duque – Pence” (El Tiempo (Colombia), July 6, 2018).
“Yo nunca he hablado de intervenciones militares ni de propiciar intervenciones militares. Lo que hay que hacer es ejercer presión diplomática contra la dictadura”, dijo el mandatario
Mexico
- Dudley Althaus, “Mexico’s Leftist President-Elect Begins His Outreach to the U.S. and Trump” (The Washington Post, July 6, 2018).
López Obrador’s foreign minister will be former Mexico City mayor Marcelo Ebrard
Nicaragua
- Judith Flores, “Estados Unidos Golpea al Nucleo de Daniel Ortega en Nicaragua” (La Prensa (Nicaragua), July 6, 2018).
Les fue aplicada la Ley Magnitsky, una decisión que fue respaldada públicamente por el vicepresidente Mike Pence
Western Hemisphere Regional
- Rafael Carranza, “More Families Arrived at Arizona Border in June Despite Separation Threat” (The Arizona Republic, July 6, 2018).
June’s numbers suggest that families attempting to enter the country illegally through Arizona were undeterred by the possibility of getting separated
- Aura Bogado, Vanessa Swales, Ziva Branstetter, “Defense Contractor Detained Migrant Kids in Vacant Phoenix Office Building” (Reveal News, July 6, 2018).
After learning that neighbors had recorded video of children entering the building, an MVM spokesperson said the building “is not a shelter or a child care facility. … It’s a temporary holding place”
- Maria Sacchetti, “Trump Administration Seeks More Time to Reunite Some Migrant Families Split at Border” (The Washington Post, July 6, 2018).
The judge ordered the government to deliver a list of the children’s names to the American Civil Liberties Union, which brought the lawsuit, by Saturday and said he would decide Monday whether to grant an extension