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April 26, 2018

Colombia

• Adam Isacson, “Colombia’s Grade on Implementing the Farc Peace Deal So Far Is a C-Minus” (World Politics Review, April 26, 2018).

There’s a big gap between devising a perfect plan and actually implementing that plan

• Adam Taylor, “He Was Linked to War Crimes. Now He’s Colombia’s Ambassador in Seoul.” (The Washington Post, April 26, 2018).

The case of Juan Pablo Rodríguez Barragán raises questions about diplomatic immunity and international justice

• “Palabras del Presidente Juan Manuel Santos Durante su Visita al Comando Sur de Estados Unidos” (Presidencia de Colombia, April 26, 2018).

Lo que hemos logrado juntos, el Comando Sur y Colombia es algo de lo que todos podemos enorgullecernos

Colombia, Ecuador

• “Fiscalia Inicia Investigacion Previa Urgente Contra Correa” (La Republica (Ecuador), April 26, 2018).

La Fiscalía General del Estado ha iniciado una investigación previa urgente contra el expresidente de la República Rafael Correa, por los supuestos aportes económicos de las Farc a la campaña

Ecuador

• “Ecuador y Estados Unidos Firman Acuerdo en Tema de Seguridad” (El Universo (Ecuador), April 26, 2018).

El Gobierno ecuatoriano suscribió ayer, en la Comandancia de Policía, en Quito, un memorando de entendimiento con la Agencia Antidrogas (DEA) y el Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de Estados Unidos (ICE)

El Salvador

• Steven Dudley, “How to Leave Ms-13 Alive” (InsightCrime, The New York Times, April 26, 2018).

The best way to diminish the gang’s appeal to vulnerable young men is to think of it as more of a social organization than a criminal enterprise

Mexico

• Kate Linthicum, “Soldiers Took Them in the Night. Now Mexico’s Key Drug War Strategy Is on Trial.” (The Los Angeles Times, April 26, 2018).

What happened to three cousins who disappeared after being detained by Mexican soldiers will be taken up by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights — the first case related to Mexico’s drug war to come before the court.

• Elliot Spagat, “A Migrant ‘Caravan’ Has Reached the U.S.-Mexico Border” (Associated Press, Time, April 26, 2018).

U.S. lawyers planned to lead clinics later this week on U.S. asylum law to tell them what to expect when they seek asylum

Nicaragua

• Noel Amilcar Gallegos, “Policias Hicieron Bano de Sangre en Masaya” (La Prensa (Nicaragua), April 26, 2018).

Tres jóvenes que participaban en las protestas autoconvocadas y un ciudadano que transitaba por una calle, ajeno a los incidentes, fueron ultimados a balazos por agentes de la Policía Nacional

• Tim Rogers, “Nicaragua Reborn” (Univision, April 26, 2018).

A new country is emerging from the dried cocoon of Sandinista dictatorship. The process is just starting, but Nicaragua is changing

• Frances Robles, “In Just a Week, ‘Nicaragua Changed’ as Protesters Cracked a Leader’s Grip” (The New York Times, April 26, 2018).

Nicaragua is undergoing its biggest uprising since the civil war ended in 1990

Western Hemisphere Regional

• Rafael Carranza, “New U.S. Border Chief Caught in Tug-of-War Between Democratic, Gop Lawmakers” (The Arizona Republic, April 26, 2018).

Democrats pressed McAleenan about whether he would prioritize construction of a border wall over the staffing shortages and improvements to the ports of entry