September 18, 2018
Brazil
- Andres Schipani, Joe Leahy, “Contradictions Expose Brazil Election Frontrunner’s Soldier Image” (The Financial Times (UK), September 18, 2018).
Mr da Silva, his former childhood friend, summed it up. Mr Bolsonaro was Brazil’s version of Mr Trump, a social media Pied Piper gathering diverse disgruntled followers from across the web
Colombia
- Federico Rios Escobar, Nicholas Casey, “Colombia Struck a Peace Deal With Guerrillas, but Many Return to Arms” (The New York Times, September 18, 2018).
These dissident guerrillas invited The New York Times to their camp, hidden among mountains north of Medellín, to tell the story of why they abandoned the peace deal
- “Guacho y David, las Vidas Paralelas de los Dos Mayores Narcos del Pacifico” (Semana (Colombia), September 18, 2018).
Tres días después, en el casco urbano de Tumaco, una caravana de motociclistas acompañó los cuerpos de David y su hermana hasta la tumba
Colombia, Venezuela
- Maria Isabel Rueda, “Colombia Cuenta Con Ee. Uu. En Caso de Agresion Desde Venezuela” (El Tiempo (Colombia), September 18, 2018).
“No acepto la idea equivocada de que si hay extradición no puede haber verdad. En el caso de los paramilitares extraditados hace una década, hemos montado 3.000 audiencias”
- Luis Alonso Lugo, “Colombia: Todas las Opciones Valen para Venezuela” (Associated Press **, September 18, 2018).
“Ha habido voces sobre operaciones militares unilaterales. Creemos que tiene que haber una respuesta colectiva a esta crisis”, dijo Francisco Santos
- , Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida), “Estados Unidos Debe Apoyar a Colombia” (EFE, Firmas de EFE, September 18, 2018).
Para evitar un retroceso irreparable en Latinoamérica, debemos trabajar con el presidente Duque y aumentar la cooperación entre los Estados Unidos y Colombia en tres áreas críticas
Guatemala
- Jacob Lesniewski, “From Anti-Corruption to Democracy in Guatemala” (Jacobin, September 18, 2018).
Anti-corruption politics won’t liberate Guatemala from the military, organized crime, and the wealthy. But only elites’ interests will be served by shutting down the country’s attempts to root that corruption out
- Azam Ahmed, Elisabeth Malkin, “Guatemala’s Democracy Is Under Threat — by Its Own President” (The New York Times, September 18, 2018).
The president of Guatemala pushed the nation toward a constitutional crisis on Monday, ignoring an explicit order by the country’s top court while testing the bounds of the nation’s fragile democracy
- Alberto Pradilla, “El Gobierno se Vale de la Ambiguedad de la Corte de Constitucionalidad para Desafiar a la Onu” (Plaza Publica (Guatemala), September 18, 2018).
La carta enviada por la canciller Sandra Patricia Jovel Polanco al secretario general de la ONU, António Guterres, constituye todo un desafío. En un lenguaje alejado del diplomático, zanja el debate sobre Iván Velásquez y le “conmina” a elegir a un sustituto del comisionado en un plazo de 48 horas
Honduras
- Nina Lakhani, “Berta Caceres Murder Trial Delayed After Judges Accused of Abusing Authority” (The Guardian (Uk), September 18, 2018).
Three hours later than scheduled, the jam-packed courtroom was informed that the trial was suspended until the appeal court decides whether the judges are competent to proceed or not
Mexico
- JosÉ Gil Olmos, “La Onu-Dh Propone Sistema de Justicia Transicional para Atender Desapariciones en Mexico” (Proceso (Mexico), September 18, 2018).
Jan Jarab reiteró que este cambio radical o de raíz en la estrategia del combate al crimen organizado es importante para que no se replique la violencia porque “es contagiosa”
Peru
- “Peru’s President Vizcarra in Standoff With Congress” (Al Jazzeera, September 18, 2018).
Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra is facing a standoff with legislators over his call for a referendum on anti-corruption measures and has invoked a constitutional procedure that could end up dissolving the Congress
Venezuela
- Shannon K o’neil, “A U.S. Military Intervention in Venezuela Would Be a Disaster” (Bloomberg, September 18, 2018).
If they enter, U.S. troops must prepare to stay for the long haul. Venezuela’s electricity grids, sewage systems, hospitals, schools, and other basic physical and social infrastructure are decimated