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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.”
December 8, 2017
Bolivia
- Daniel Pardo, ““No Quiero, Pero No Puedo Decepcionar a Mi Pueblo”: Evo Morales Habla Sobre su Tercera Reeleccion en Bolivia y la Intencion de Quedarse en el Poder Hasta 2025” (BBC (UK), December 8, 2017).
En entrevista con BBC Mundo el mandatario hace un recorrido por todos sus cargos que ha ocupado
Colombia
- Alicia Liliana Mendez, “Disidencias de Farc, Prioridad para Tropas, Dice el Nuevo Comandante” (El Tiempo (Colombia), December 8, 2017).
El general Ricardo Gómez asegura que reorganización de batallones permitirá fortalecer al Ejército
- “U.S., Colombia Vow to Battle Record Surge in Coca Production” (Associated Press, USA Today, December 8, 2017).
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
- “El Coronel (R) Gonzalez del Rio Firmo Acta de la Jep y Podria Quedar Libre Pronto” (El Espectador (Colombia), December 8, 2017).
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
- “Consejo de Estado Lanza Salvavidas a Curules para las Victimas en el Congreso” (El Espectador (Colombia), December 8, 2017).
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
- “Timochenko, por Encima de Ordonez en la Gran Encuesta” (Semana (Colombia), December 8, 2017).
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
- Bryan Avelar, “Las Nineras del Barrio 18” (Revista Factum (El Salvador), December 8, 2017).
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
- Jonathan Blitzer, “‘My Only Friend Is My Conscience’: Face to Face With el Salvador’s Cold Killer” (The New York Review of Books, December 8, 2017).
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
- Nomaan Merchant, “Border Crossings Start to Rise in Spite of ‘Trump Effect’” (Associated Press **, December 8, 2017).
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
- Ana Gonzalez-Barrera, D’vera Cohn, Jeffrey S. Passel, “Rise in U.S. Immigrants From el Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras Outpaces Growth From Elsewhere” (Pew Research Center, December 8, 2017).
The Northern Triangle’s recent rise in U.S. immigration diverges from the pattern for Mexico, the largest source of U.S. immigrants
Honduras
- Robert Valencia, “Is Trump Backing an Illegal Election in Honduras?” (Newsweek, December 8, 2017).
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”
- Christopher Sherman, Garance Burke, Martha Mendoza, “Trump Administration Praises Honduras Amid Election Crisis” (Associated Press **, December 8, 2017).
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
- “As U.S. Withholds Conditioned Aid to Mexico, Members of Congress Call for Investigation Into Spyware Attacks” (Washington Office on Latin America, December 8, 2017).
$1.25 million in U.S. security assistance will be withheld from Mexico
Venezuela
- Franco Ordonez, Kyra Gurney, “State Department Pays Think Tank Nearly $1 Million to Work With Venezuelan Opposition” (The Miami Herald, December 8, 2017).
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
- “More Than One Million Lives Could Be Saved by 2030” (Small Arms Survey, December 8, 2017).
Of the five countries with the highest death rates in 2016—Syria, El Salvador, Venezuela, Honduras, and Afghanistan—only two had active armed conflicts