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September 29, 2017

Brazil

• Bianca Lemos, “Ex-Lider Do Bope Sobre Exercito No Rio: ‘Essa Guerra Nao e Deles’” (Veja (Brazil), September 29, 2017).

Rodrigo Pimentel, autor de livro que inspirou ‘Tropa de Elite’, diz que soldados foram deslocados para a Rocinha sem condições de fazer algo diferente da PM

Colombia

• Natalia Arenas, “El Capitalismo de Romana” (La Silla Vacia (Colombia), September 29, 2017).

Aunque al principio se quejó de que el Gobierno nunca terminó las obras, desde mediados de marzo puso a la guerrillerada a trabajar para levantar una ciudadela que hoy es un éxito

• James Bargent, “Mass Displacements on the Rise as Colombia’s War Recedes” (InsightCrime, September 29, 2017).

The worst affected areas are all key drug trafficking territories and areas where the demobilization of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – FARC) has created an underworld power vacuum

• Anastasia Moloney, “Gender Justice? Women Judges to Dominate Colombia War Tribunals” (Reuters **, September 29, 2017).

Having a more gender equal and ethnically diverse set of judges means they are more likely to recognize that Colombia’s war affected different groups in society in different ways

• Diana Durán Núñez, Santiago Martinez, ““Estan Equivocados los Que Creen Que Es un Tribunal de Venganza”: Presidenta del Tribunal de Paz” (El Espectador (Colombia), September 29, 2017).

Patricia Linares habla del enorme reto que ella y sus compañeros tienen: sentar, a través de este sistema de justicia transicional, bases para la convivencia

• “Justicia para la Paz, Empantanada en el Congreso” (El Espectador (Colombia), September 29, 2017).

¿Qué va a pasar ahora que el Ejecutivo cuenta con 25 votos menos del partido que, se suponía, era una de las piezas claves de la Unidad Nacional?

El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras

• Lauren Markham, “The Wrong Way to Fight Gangs” (The New York Times, September 29, 2017).

To focus on police intervention rather than education isn’t only shortsighted, it’s also been proven not to work

Mexico

• Gabriel Stargardter, “Cuts Hurt Mexico Quake Response, Outlook Ahead of 2018 Vote” (Reuters **, September 29, 2017).

The government has slashed disaster budgets by as much as 50 percent in recent years, part of a broader cost-cutting effort to make up for shortfalls caused by a drop in oil revenues

• “Pena se Gasto en Publicidad, en Apenas 4 Anos, Lo Mismo Que Nos Costara el Rescate por el Sismo” (SinEmbargo (Mexico), September 29, 2017).

El gasto en publicidad oficial del Gobierno federal de 2013 hasta el primer semestre de 2017 asciende a 37 mil 725 millones de pesos, cifra que equivale a lo destinado para la atención y prevención de desastres naturales en 2015 y 2016

Puerto Rico

• Andres Echevarria, “Is Puerto Rico in Danger of Losing Its “Enchantment?”” (Univision, September 29, 2017).

Considering a central driver of anger over Katrina was that the government reacted slowly because New Orleans population is predominantly black, it is hard not to wonder if history is repeating itself

Venezuela

• Ben Bartenstein, Daniela Guzman, “History Shows Even Sovereign Bond Default Won’t Unseat Maduro” (Bloomberg, September 29, 2017).

Defaults around the globe have triggered governmental change less than 15 percent of the time since 1992

Western Hemisphere Regional

• Nick Miroff, “Deportations Slow Under Trump Despite Increase in Arrests by Ice” (The Washington Post, September 29, 2017).

The agency arrested more than 28,000 “non-criminal immigration violators” between Jan. 22 and Sept. 2, according to the agency’s records, a nearly threefold increase over the same period in 2016