AP photo. Caption: “Immigrants suspected of crossing into the United States illegally along the Rio Grande near Granjeno, Texas, are held by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents.”

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December 8, 2017

Bolivia

En entrevista con BBC Mundo el mandatario hace un recorrido por todos sus cargos que ha ocupado

Colombia

El general Ricardo Gómez asegura que reorganización de batallones permitirá fortalecer al Ejército

Attorney General Jeff Sessions met with his Colombian counterpart, chief prosecutor Nestor Martinez, and a delegation from Mexico in the Caribbean city of Cartagena Thursday

Fue hallado responsable de haber abusado de su cargo como oficial de la Fuerza Pública, de haber engañado a 12 civiles y de haber patrocinado su muerte

Según el Gobierno, esos congresistas están suspendidos bajo la figura de la “silla vacía” y no pueden ser reemplazados. Por tanto, el quórum debía ser calculado en 99 senadores, de los cuales 50 votaron a favor

Su imagen favorable es apenas del 6 por ciento, mientras que su desfavorable es del 63,8 por ciento. Y en intención de voto para las próximas elecciones apenas registró 2,1 por ciento

El Salvador

En una comunidad de San Salvador pandilleros del Barrio 18 obligan a un grupo de mujeres a cuidar a sus hijos mientras ellos, o sus parejas, están en prisión. Negarse implica la muerte

He didn’t look like an ex-colonel with a checkered past, or even like a politician spewing talking points; he had the alacrity of a retiree happy to have something to do

El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras

Border Patrol agents interviewed by The Associated Press say they expect the numbers to keep rising, which they see as a sign that families in Central America are testing the Trump administration

The Northern Triangle’s recent rise in U.S. immigration diverges from the pattern for Mexico, the largest source of U.S. immigrants

Honduras

The State Department took steps this week to allow Honduras to receive millions of dollars in U.S. aid while praising the Juan Orlando Hernández administration for “fighting corruption and supporting human rights”

Fulton Armstrong, who worked for the CIA in Honduras, criticized Tillerson for the endorsement of a government that he said has not done enough to protect human rights and for making it during a political crisis

Mexico

$1.25 million in U.S. security assistance will be withheld from Mexico

Venezuela

The State Department’s Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations paid $900,000 to the Atlantic Council in September with instructions to “promote non-violent conflict resolution” in Venezuela

Western Hemisphere Regional

Of the five countries with the highest death rates in 2016—Syria, El Salvador, Venezuela, Honduras, and Afghanistan—only two had active armed conflicts