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May 3, 2018

Colombia

• Sara Reardon, “Colombia: After the Violence” (Nature, May 3, 2018).

Peace efforts in the country have ended 50 years of intense conflict. Now, scientists are studying former fighters and victims as they attempt to heal

• Gena Steffens, “In the Colombian Amazon, Peace Has Environmental Consequences” (GlobalPost, Public Radio International, May 3, 2018).

In the year following the implementation of the 2016 peace accords, the rate of deforestation in Colombia rose by 44 percent

• “Defensoria del Pueblo Alerta Sobre Presencia de Grupos Armados en Bogota” (Semana (Colombia), May 3, 2018).

En la localidad de Ciudad Bolívar, una de las más pobres de la capital, hacen presencia integrantes de las Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia -el brazo armado del Clan del Golfo, la principal banda criminal del país-, Los Rastrojos y las Águilas Negras

Guatemala

• Felipe Puerta, “Guatemala President’s New Attack on Anti-Graft Body Hits Obstacles” (InsightCrime, May 3, 2018).

Now, with the future of his political party in limbo and the unexpected death of former President Arzú, whose son currently serves as president of Congress, Morales could find himself more alone and with fewer options

Honduras

• Nina Lakhani, “‘Condemned to Misery’: Trump Set to End Protected Status for Hondurans” (The Guardian (Uk), May 3, 2018).

Trump administration will decide whether or not to extend program for thousands who fled violence and catastrophes

Mexico

• Elliot Spagat, Mark Stevenson, “Group Running Asylum Caravan Fears Spotlight Comes at a Cost” (Associated Press, The Washington Post, May 3, 2018).

It has raised public awareness of the toll of violence in Central America, but he said it may sharpen a crackdown by the U.S. government

• Johnathan Silver, “Beto o’rourke: Zero Terror Plots at U.S.-Mexico Border” (PolitiFact Texas, May 3, 2018).

Zero means nothing—and it’s not so that there have been absolutely no cases of terrorists or terrorist plots tied to the border. It also looks to us like authorities have foiled every known plan

• “Una Estrategia de Seguridad Publica para Proteger a la Ciudadania Documento de Trabajo” (Consejo Mexicano de Asuntos Internacionales, May 3, 2018).

En lo que respecta al narcotra?fico, su combate dista de haber dado los resultados esperado

• “Como el Mundo Puede Ayudar a Detener la Violencia en Mexico” (Open Society Foundations, May 3, 2018).

Este informe insta a que se adopte un mecanismo internacional—establecido en el país pero integrado por miembros nacionales e internacionales—al cual se encomiende investigar y juzgar en forma independiente delitos atroces, así como los actos corruptos que los posibilitan

• Steve Coll, “After Ten Years, a Journalist Who Fled Mexico Faces Deportation” (The New Yorker, May 3, 2018).

By the time Gutiérrez Soto’s asylum case had reached its final hearing, in December, 2016, it had become a highly visible cause for American defenders of journalism