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March 20, 2018
Brazil
- Anthony Faiola, Marina Lopes, “A Black Female Politician Was Gunned Down in Rio. Now She’s a Global Symbol.” (The Washington Post, March 20, 2018).
Latin America’s largest nation has watched in awe as a figure once little known outside Rio has been transformed into a global symbol of racial oppression
- David Biller, “People Are Ready to Buy Some Guns in the World’s Murder Capital” (Bloomberg, March 20, 2018).
Desperate Brazilians are wondering whether they’d be better off armed, given that around 60,000 of their compatriots are killed each year. Polls show support for gun ownership gaining ground
Colombia
- “Colombia Farc Rebel Dissidents Number 1,200, Military Says” (Reuters, U.S. News and World Report, March 20, 2018).
Around 1,200 former members of Colombia’s FARC rebel group did not demobilize under a peace deal and instead joined dissident factions still fighting the government, the head of the military said
Colombia, Ecuador
- “Banda del Pablo Escobar Ecuatoriano: ¿Camino a la Impunidad?” (Plan V (Ecuador), March 20, 2018).
Los involucrados se acogieron al procedimiento abreviado y la Fiscalía pidió para ellos 20 meses de cárcel
- “Tres Militares Mueren en Explosion en Zona del Destacamento Naval en Esmeraldas” (El Universo (Ecuador), March 20, 2018).
Al parecer se trata de un mortero lanzado desde territorio colombiano
Guatemala
- Julie Lopez, “El Congreso se Apresta a Aprobar Leyes para Reprimir y Criminalizar la Protesta Social” (Plaza Publica (Guatemala), March 20, 2018).
La normativa criminaliza tanto a manifestantes y opositores políticos como a pandilleros que dañen patrimonio económico
Honduras
- Yony Bustillo, “Israel Dotara a la Fuerza Naval de Honduras de Equipo Aereo y Artilleria” (El Heraldo (Honduras), March 20, 2018).
Según el acuerdo entre las secretarías de Defensa de ambos países, para las tres fuerzas de la institución castrense hondureña se firmó un contrato de 165,155,000 dólares
Mexico
- Anita Snow, “Us Agent on Trial in Cross-Border Killing of Mexican Teen” (Associated Press, The Washington Post, March 20, 2018).
An autopsy showed the unarmed teen was shot 10 times, mostly from behind
Panama
- U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Osvaldo Equite, “Training Boosts U.S. Response Capabilities in the Americas” (Special Operations Command South, Revista Dialogo (U.S. Southern Command), March 20, 2018).
“The Joint Combined Exchange Training improved the readiness of assigned quick reaction forces with Special Operations Command South by developing capabilities needed when responding to a crisis alongside partner nation security forces”
Venezuela
- Kirk Semple, “‘We’re Losing the Fight’: Tuberculosis Batters a Venezuela in Crisis” (The New York Times, March 20, 2018).
Tuberculosis, a disease that until recently seemed to be under control in Venezuela, is making an aggressive comeback
- “Venezuela Denuncio Que Avion Militar de ee.uu. Violo su Espacio Aereo” (EFE, El Colombiano (Medellin Colombia), March 20, 2018).
“Aprovecho para denunciar que el día sábado fue detectada una aeronave Boeing C17 de la Fuerza Aérea de los Estados Unidos que despegó de la base Hato, allá en Curazao”, dijo el ministro