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October 2, 2017

Colombia

• “Con Capitulo Especial para Choco, Arranca Cese del Fuego Con el Eln” (Verdad Abierta (Colombia), October 2, 2017).

En ese departamento, uno de los más afectados por el conflicto armado, habrá requisitos adicionales y contará con un comité de seguimiento liderado por dirigentes afrodescendientes e indígenas

• Alfredo Molano Jimeno, ““Cese al Fuego Jalonara el Avance de la Mesa de Quito”: Juan Camilo Restrepo” (El Espectador (Colombia), October 2, 2017).

Desde Ecuador, el jefe negociador del Gobierno en los diálogos con el Eln explica cómo funcionará la tregua temporal pactada desde hoy y hasta enero con esa guerrilla

• Ricardo Monsalve Gaviria, “Cese el Fuego Sera Con el Eln, Pero No Con Sus Actos Delincuenciales” (El Colombiano (Medellin Colombia), October 2, 2017).

Las Fuerzas Armadas y la Policía reaccionarán ante un intento de extorsión o incluso en un movimiento de las tropas guerrilleras de las zonas donde deberán permanecer

• Juanita León, “Los Incentivos del Eln para Negociar, Tras el Cese Bilateral” (La Silla Vacia (Colombia), October 2, 2017).

Las hostilidades económicas no están incluidas, por lo cual, la extorsión por parte del ELN y la minería ilegal y el narcotráfico continuarán, y el Estado podrá capturarlos si los encuentra

• “Durante el Dialogo Con el Eln, se Ha Reducido su Violencia” (CERAC (Colombia), October 2, 2017).

Las acciones ofensivas y los combates han disminuido 28,8% y 42,8% respectivamente durante la fase pública del proceso de paz con el ELN, en comparación con el mismo periodo de 2016

Cuba

• Josh Lederman, Matthew Lee , Michael Weissenstein, “Attacks in Havana Hit Us Spy Network in Cuba” (Associated Press **, October 2, 2017).

While the attacks started within days of President Donald Trump’s surprise election in November, the precise timeline remains unclear, including whether intelligence officers were the first victims hit or merely the first victims to report it

Mexico

• Rafael Carranza, “Feds Say Border Security Is Toughest Ever, So Is a Wall Still Needed?” (The Arizona Republic, October 2, 2017).

If the current trend continues, the current fiscal year, which ended Saturday, will show apprehensions of migrants are down nearly 25 percent from the already historic lows of 2016

• Lorenzo Zazueta-Castro, Mitchell Ferman, “Border Barrier Construction Creates Confusion” (The Valley Morning Star (Texas), October 2, 2017).

Many who don’t spend time on the border, and even many who do, don’t necessarily understand the different types of barriers President Donald Trump’s administration is drawing up

• Ryan Devereaux, “Camion de la Muerte” (The Intercept, October 2, 2017).

They Helped Prosecutors After Escaping Death in a Smuggler’s Truck. Now They’re Being Deported

• Amanda Taub, Max Fisher, “‘the Social Contract Is Broken’: Inequality Becomes Deadly in Mexico” (The New York Times, October 2, 2017).

For the people within those invisible walls, government is responsive and crime low. Those outside face rising murder rates, corruption and, activists say, police brutality

• David Agren, “Mexico’s President Faces an Earthquake of His Own When He Asks Citizens for Disaster Assistance” (The Washington Post, October 2, 2017).

As Mexicans remove the rubble and mourn the dead, many are asking tough questions about corruption

• Jon Lee Anderson, “How Mexico Deals With Trump” (The New Yorker, October 2, 2017).

The harshest insult that you hear from Peña Nieto’s critics is that he isn’t even running the country. In their view, the feckless President has left Mexico’s political direction mostly to his foreign secretary, Luis Videgaray

Nicaragua

• Lucia Navas, “Amcham Teme Sanciones Mas Fuertes de Estados Unidos” (La Prensa (Nicaragua), October 2, 2017).

Amcham teme que Estados Unidos adopte sanciones económicas contra Nicaragua similares a las impuestas al régimen de Venezuela de Maduro

Puerto Rico

• Chris Gillette, “In Hurricane-Hit Puerto Rico, a Stunning Silence” (Associated Press **, October 2, 2017).

No military air traffic control units on the tarmac directing planeloads of aid supplies, no bustling command center sending convoys of trucks to hard-hit areas. No mountains of relief goods stacked and ready to be deployed where needed

Venezuela

• Steve Ellner, “Venezuela’s Fragile Revolution” (Monthly Review, October 2, 2017).

The common perception of the Chavista leadership as incompetent administrators who disdain democracy ignores the complexity of achieving socialism through democratic means