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Orlando Sierra / AFP photo at La Prensa (Nicaragua). Caption: “Military Police members patrol a street of Tegucigalpa on November 21, 2017. Honduras will hold elections next November 26 to choose president, three vicepresidents, 128 deputies for the local congress an 20 for the Central American (Parlacen) and 128 mayoralties.”
November 22, 2017
Chile
- Patricio Navia, “Chile Votes for (Steady) Change” (Americas Quarterly, November 22, 2017).
Chileans did not follow other Latin Americans in making a right-wing turn in the presidential election, and instead voted to stay the course on the ambitious reform agenda that Bachelet put in place
Colombia
- Juanita Velez, “Desde Putumayo los Cocaleros Piden Mas Gerencia para el Posconflicto” (La Silla Vacia (Colombia), November 22, 2017).
La Mesa Regional de Organizaciones de Putumayo, Meros, que fueron los que lideraron la negociación, lograron apancalarse electoralmente con miras a las circunscripciones de paz del año entrante
- “El “Agarron” por la Reincorporacion de las Farc” (El Espectador (Colombia), November 22, 2017).
Después de que el jefe de la Misión de Verificación de la ONU en Colombia, Jean Arnault, dijera que en las zonas de desarme queda sólo el 45 % de los excombatientes de las Farc, el Gobierno puso el grito en el cielo
- Sergio Guzman, “Colombia’s Presidential Election Is Making Peace More Difficult” (Control Risks, Forbes, November 22, 2017).
Investment in the development of rural areas will determine whether the peace agreement succeeds or fails. It is time for the candidates to address that issue
Haiti
- “Editorial: The United States Torments Its Poorest Neighbor” (The Washington Post, November 22, 2017).
The administration’s decision to rescind the humanitarian status that allowed so many Haitians to live in the United States amounts to an act of cruelty
Honduras
- “Honduras Elige Nuevo Presidente Bajo Clima de Tension” (Agence France Presse, La Prensa (Nicaragua), November 22, 2017).
Honduras elige este próximo domingo un nuevo presidente con pronósticos de una crisis política por el empeño del mandatario Juan Orlando Hernández de conseguir una cuestionada reelección
Mexico
- Claudia Lauer, Emily Schmall, “Fbi: Border Agent’s Death a ‘Potential Assault’” (Associated Press, The Houston Chronicle, November 22, 2017).
It happened after dark in an area that’s known for drug activity and where agents often look for drugs in culverts
- Patrick J. Mcdonnell, “Two High-Profile Killings in Mexico Stoke Outrage About Nationwide Surge in Slayings” (The Los Angeles Times, November 22, 2017).
Nationwide, 2017 is on track to be the deadliest year in recent Mexican history
- , Arturo Angel, “Octubre, el Mes Mas Violento en 20 Anos; Se Registraron Mas de 2 Mil 300 Casos de Homicidio” (Animal Politico (Mexico), November 22, 2017).
Esta es la cuarta vez en el año que se rompe el récord mensual de homicidios y es también el mes más violento en la administración del presidente Enrique Peña Nieto
Nicaragua
- “Gioconda Belli Pide al Ejercito de Nicaragua Aclarar Muerte de 6 Civiles” (EFE, El Espectador (Colombia), November 22, 2017).
La poetisa y escritora nicaragüense Gioconda Belli pidió hoy al Ejército de Nicaragua aclarar la muerte de 6 civiles, de ellos 2 menores, la semana pasada durante un incidente armado
Venezuela
- Diego Marcano, “How Venezuela’s Independent Digital News Outlets Are Covering the Turmoil in Their Country” (Nieman Reports, November 22, 2017).
“One of the biggest lessons and benefits we’re experiencing is that the most serious, responsible, and rigorous journalism is being recognized by audiences”
Western Hemisphere Regional
- Maria Sacchetti, Nick Miroff, “How Trump Is Building a Border Wall That No One Can See” (The Washington Post, November 22, 2017).
The administration has moved to slash the number of refugees, accelerate deportations and terminate the provisional residency of more than a million people, among other measures