Orlando Sierra/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images photo at The New York Times. Caption: “The police used tear gas and a water cannon on Monday to disperse the supporters of Salvador Nasralla during protests in Tegucigalpa.”

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December 20, 2017

Bolivia

El embajador de China en Bolivia, Liang Yu y el ministro de Defensa Reymi Ferreira, firmaron el miércoles un protocolo de donación de material logístico a las Fuerzas Armadas (FF.AA.) por un valor de 50 millones de yuanes (equivalente a unos 7,6 millones de dólares)

Colombia

El padre Francisco de Roux, presidente de la comisión, encabezó una reunión de esa instancia con el ministro de Defensa, Luis Carlos Villegas; el comandante de las Fuerzas Militares, general Alberto Mejía, y los comandantes

Cuando la Defensoría emita una alerta temprana de “riesgo de inminencia” el Gobierno tendrá que actuar en un plazo máximo de 48 horas. El decreto ya está siendo ejecutado

Estas son algunas cifras que vale la pena tener en mente de estos 81 días de tensa calma

La Oficina en Colombia del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos también manifestó su preocupación por las palabras del Ministro de Defensa y las calificó de peligrosas

De acuerdo con nuestro trabajo en terreno, la Oficina ha verificado durante este año y hasta hoy 20 de diciembre, en el caso de defensores de derechos humanos y líderes un total de 105 homicidios

Colombia, Venezuela

The flood of vendors is evidence of how a fourth year of recession – which has fomented malnutrition, disease and violent crime – is tearing Venezuela’s social fabric apart

Honduras

“We are alarmed by the illegal and excessive use of force to disperse protests, which have resulted in the deaths of at least 12 protesters and left dozens injured. Hundreds of people have also been detained, many of whom have been transferred to military installations where they have been brutally beaten and subjected to torture and other forms of ill-treatment”

The United States appears to have thrown its weight behind President Juan Orlando Hernández of Honduras

“At this point … we have not seen anything that alters the final result,” the official told reporters, saying Washington may wait to make a definitive judgment in case the opposition presents additional evidence of fraud

Honduras, Mexico

Mexico’s announcement was brokered in coordination with the United States, two sources who spoke on condition of anonymity said

Mexico

The former deputy, Alejandro Gutiérrez, is one of several allies of Mexico’s president suspected of taking part in an embezzlement scheme to propel his party’s chances

Peru

Mr. Kuczynski has handled the Odebrecht affair poorly, but his removal would do only more damage to Peruvian democracy

On Thursday, Mr. Kuczynski will have 60 minutes to defend himself before the country’s Congress. His critics say they could oust him by the weekend — and that they have the votes

A joint operation of Peru’s military and security agencies neutralized and captured narcoterrorists in the Apurímac, Ene, and Mantaro Rivers Valley

Venezuela

Lawmakers adopted a decree declaring that political parties that want to participate in coming elections must have been active in previous ones

Her office recorded the slayings of 8,292 people by the police, the National Guard, the army and Venezuela’s version of the FBI, from 2015 through the first six months of this year

Oscar Perez, a rogue Venezuelan police pilot wanted for lobbing grenades and shooting at government buildings in June, claimed responsibility for the attack, which he called “Operation Genesis”