
Mauro Pimentel/AFP photo at Veja (Brazil). Caption: “Membros da Polícia do Exército usam máscaras de caveira durante operação na Favela da Rocinha, no Rio de Janeiro”
September 28, 2017
Brazil
- Anthony Boadle, “Far-Right Presidential Hopeful Aims to Be Brazil’s Trump” (Reuters **, September 28, 2017).
A poll by Datafolha in June put him second in voting intentions for the 2018 elections, at 16 percent, trailing only former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, at 30 percent, who has been convicted of corruption
- “Militares No Rio Usam Mascara de Caveira para Proteger o Rosto” (Veja (Brazil), September 28, 2017).
De acordo com o Comando do Exército, o uso da balaclava nas cores preta e azul-ferrete está previsto nos regulamentos de uniformes das Forças Armadas
Colombia
- Tatiana Duque, “Vargas Le Dice No a la Jep” (La Silla Vacia (Colombia), September 28, 2017).
Cambio Radical explicó que no apoyará el proyecto de ley que reglamenta la JEP porque considera que “premia de manera significativa y desequilibrada” a los miembros de la exguerrilla Farc
- “Dissident Farc Leader Killed in Colombia” (BBC (UK), September 28, 2017).
The man, who used the alias Euclides Mora, was kicked out of the Farc last December with four other rebel leaders for not agreeing to the terms of the peace agreement
- “Patricia Linares, la Batuta de la Jep” (Semana (Colombia), September 28, 2017).
En el Centro de Memoria Histórica desarrolló investigaciones alrededor de la justicia transicional, DH, DIH, género y tierras
Colombia, Venezuela
- Katy Watson, “Venezuelans Cross Into Colombia as Crisis Deepens” (BBC (UK), September 28, 2017).
In the middle of the town is a roundabout with a large sculpture which reads “I love Cúcuta”. Some people are curled up sleeping in the letters “c”
Guatemala
- Sonia Perez D., “Guatemala: Fiscalia Pide Retirar Inmunidad a Presidente” (Associated Press **, September 28, 2017).
El organismo pidió a la Corte Suprema de Justicia que retire la inmunidad a Morales para investigarle por haber recibido un bono de 61.000 dólares de manos del Ejército, que tuvo que devolver porque el mismo se había entregado de forma anómala
Mexico
- Mike Lillis, “House Gop Poised to Move $10 Billion for Border Wall” (The Hill, September 28, 2017).
The House Homeland Security Committee will mark up the legislation — the Border Security for America Act — on Oct. 4
- Tal Kopan, “Committee to Weigh Border Bill Amid Daca Fight” (CNN, September 28, 2017).
Of the total investment, $10 billion would be for new border security and $5 billion would be for modernizing ports of entry
- Joshua Stewart, “Rep. Hunter Asks Trump to Pardon Border Patrol Agents Who Covered Up Their Shooting of Drug Smuggler” (The San Diego Union-Tribune, September 28, 2017).
The agents, Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, were convicted in 2006 of assault with a dangerous weapon, tampering with an official proceeding, and other crimes related to the shooting
- David Agren, “After Earthquake, Mexicans Vent Anger at Their Political Class” (Americas Quarterly, September 28, 2017).
The magnitude 7.1 quake that struck on Sept. 19 and claimed more than 300 lives came as the country was already seething over a string of corruption scandals
- “Iachr Expresses Solidarity With Ayotzinapa Families and Urges Mexico to Avoid Impunity” (Organization of American States, September 28, 2017).
The IACHR reiterates its concern about the slow pace in coming to conclusions, both in the search activities and in the effective clarification of the various lines of investigation indicated by the Interdisciplinary Group
- Fernando Camacho Servin, “La Jornada: Falso Que la Pgr Haya Atendido la Mayoria de Lineas de Investigacion: Padres de los 43” (La Jornada (Mexico), September 28, 2017).
En total silencio y a paso lento, los familiares de los jóvenes recorrieron Paseo de la Reforma, en compañía de miles de personas
- “15 Killed in Attack on Drug Rehabilitation Center in Mexico” (Associated Press, The New York Times, September 28, 2017).
Drug gangs have been known to use rehab centers to recruit addicts, and rival gangs sometimes assault the centers
- VerÓnica Espinosa, “Martes Rojo en Guanajuato: Ejecutan a Nueve Personas y el Cjng Anuncia “Limpia”” (Proceso (Mexico), September 28, 2017).
Cinco mantas con mensajes adjudicados al Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) fueron colgadas en distintos puentes peatonales y viales, en los que se advierte de una presunta ‘limpia’
- “Pugna Entre Bandas Rivales Deja Cuatro Muertos en Guerrero” (Proceso (Mexico), September 28, 2017).
A pesar de la situación de violencia que mantiene a la sociedad aterrorizada, las autoridades de los tres niveles y el Ejército se han limitado a observar cómo se despedazan los tres grupos
Puerto Rico
- Arelis R. Hernandez, Dan Lamothe, Ed o’keefe, Joel Achenbach, “Trump Administration Rushes Military Assets to Puerto Rico Amid Growing Crisis” (The Washington Post, September 28, 2017).
The U.S. government response to Hurricane Maria so far has been inadequate and overmatched by the scale of the disaster