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April 13, 2017
Colombia
- María Flórez, “Alarma en el Centro de Memoria Historica: Mindefensa se Mete en la Direccion de la Entidad” (Pacifista (Colombia), April 13, 2017).
El Ejecutivo le dio un puesto al Ministerio de Defensa en el Consejo Directivo del Centro Nacional de Memoria Histórica (CNMH), la entidad que ha producido casi 70 informes sobre la guerra de manera independiente
- “Grupos Armados Ilegales de Tumaco, en un Callejon Sin Salida” (Verdad Abierta (Colombia), April 13, 2017).
Varios grupos armados ilegales se han atomizado en el puerto del Pacífico nariñense y no tienen muchas salidas para desmovilizarse
Honduras
- “Eight Years After a Coup, a Heated Election in Honduras” (The Economist (Uk), April 13, 2017).
The current president, Juan Orlando Hernández, is breaking a taboo which Mr Zelaya was thrown out of office to protect: he is running for re-election
Mexico
- José Antonio Román, “Violaciones Graves de Fuerzas Armadas, Base del Rechazo a la Ley de Seguridad” (La Jornada (Mexico), April 13, 2017).
Las recomendaciones de CNDH, por tortura, ejecuciones y desaparición: CMDPDH
Venezuela
- Alexandra Ulmer, Corina Pons, “Venezuela Protests Spread to Poor Areas, Two More Deaths Amid Unrest” (Reuters **, April 13, 2017).
In a worrying sign for leftist President Nicolas Maduro, groups in Caracas’ traditionally pro-government hillside slums and low-income neighborhoods took to the streets
- Francisco Toro, “Wall Street’s Favorite Socialist Revolution” (The Washington Post, April 13, 2017).
Venezuela’s state-owned oil giant, PDVSA, will be dishing out $2 billion to pay international bondholders. This, it turns out, is sacrosanct
Western Hemisphere Regional
- David Nakamura, “Trump Administration Moving Quickly to Build Up Nationwide Deportation Force” (The Washington Post, April 13, 2017).
The agency also is considering ways to speed up the hiring of hundreds of new Customs and Border Patrol officers, including ending polygraph and physical fitness tests in some cases