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November 14, 2018

Western Hemisphere Regional

• Phil Stewart, “Mattis Defends Mexico Border Deployment in First Troop Visit” (Reuters **, November 14, 2018).
  

  Mattis, speaking to a small group of reporters traveling with him, rejected criticism and said the deployment was the right thing to do

Brazil

• “Brasil: Policia Mato a Delincuente y Lo Aplauden al Grito de “Viva Bolsonaro”” (La Republica (Peru), November 14, 2018).
  

  En Twitter, un video ha causado polémica, ya que evidencia la reacción de los ciudadanos de a pie ante la muerte de un ladrón a manos de los efectivos policiales. “Viva Bolsonaro”

Central America Regional, Mexico

• Maggie Haberman, Mark Landler, “A Week After the Midterms, Trump Seems to Forget the Caravan” (The New York Times, November 14, 2018).
  

  Other former military officers said the soldiers were well aware of the political motivation behind their mission. Lacking much else to do, they will quickly pick up on Mr. Trump’s loss of interest in the caravan

• Rebecca Plevin, “The First Waves of the Migrant Caravan Have Arrived at U.S.-Mexico Border; Thousands More Expected in Coming Days” (The Desert Sun, November 14, 2018).
  

  Some scaled the wall and perched atop it, as more than a dozen Customs and Border Protection agents on bicycles, horses and foot watched

Colombia

• Ezra Fieser, Matthew Bristow, “Father and Son Suddenly Die in Bizarre Twist to Colombia Bribery Case” (Bloomberg, November 14, 2018).
  

  Pizano was a key witness in one of the country’s biggest corruption cases. His death, like that of his son, comes weeks after the case’s lead prosecutor suffered a serious car accident in Chile

Colombia, Venezuela

• , Venezuela Investigative Unit, “Eln Now Present in Half of Venezuela” (InsightCrime, November 14, 2018).
  

  The ELN could have a presence in the states of Táchira, Zulia, Apure, Trujillo, Anzoátegui, Lara Falcón, Amazonas, Barinas, Portuguesa, Guárico and Bolívar

• Christine Armario, “Colombia Opens Camp for Venezuela Migrants as Exodus Swells” (Associated Press **, November 14, 2018).
  

  Authorities fear camps could become permanent fixtures and hinder Venezuelans from integrating into society. But with over 1 million Venezuelans now living in Colombia, officials said they had no choice

El Salvador

• Jessica Avalos, “Estas Son las Razones para Dejar el Salvador” (La Prensa Grafica (El Salvador), November 14, 2018).
  

  La violencia aparece como el segundo factor, pero el principal es el económico, según un estudio realizado por el Observatorio de Desplazamiento Interno con datos de Migración. El 40 % de retornados teme volver a su comunidad

Guatemala

• Renard Sexton, “Analysis | How Guatemala Achieved What Was Once Thought Impossible: Major Reductions in Homicides.” (The Washington Post, November 14, 2018).
  

  A new report estimates that the changes associated with the CICIG have avoided more than 4,500 homicides in Guatemala from 2007-2017 — an extraordinary feat

Mexico

• Adolfo Flores, Hamed Aleaziz, “The Us Is Making It Harder to Cross the Border at Tijuana” (BuzzFeed, November 14, 2018).
  

  Three of the 17 lanes of traffic at San Ysidro will be shut down, while one of the dozen lanes at Otay Mesa will be closed as troops and border agents make the preparations

• “La Ley de Seguridad Interior se Tambalea: Suman Ya 6 Votos en Contra en la Suprema Corte” (SinEmbargo (Mexico), November 14, 2018).
  

  Seis de los once ministros de la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación (SCJN) se han pronunciado por invalidar la Ley de Seguridad Interior

• Jose De Cordoba, Juan Montes, “‘It’s a Crisis of Civilization in Mexico.’ 250,000 Dead. 37,400 Missing.” (The Wall Street Journal, November 14, 2018).
  

  The heavy involvement of Mexican government forces in the disappearances clashes with the image the government has long painted of the country’s murder epidemic: that of gangs killing each other

• Sugeyry Gandara, “Gobierno de Jalisco Subio a los Migrantes en Camiones y los Bajo Adelante Con Policias, Acusan” (SinEmbargo (Mexico), November 14, 2018).
  

  Los migrantes avanzan en varias caravanas, al menos cuatro, por cinco estados

• Ezequiel Flores Contreras, “Habitantes de la Sierra Guerrerense: Entre el Narcotrafico y la Marginacion” (Proceso (Mexico), November 14, 2018).
  

  Ayer, unas mil 600 personas abandonaron al menos cinco comunidades del municipio de Leonardo Bravo y se refugiaron en la cabecera, Chichihualco tras la irrupción violenta de un grupo de autodefensa

Mexico, Venezuela

• Patrick Duddy, “Looking for an Off Ramp for Venezuela” (Council on Foreign Relations, November 14, 2018).
  

  It is possible AMLO’s independent streak may position him to play a decisive part in bringing this agonizing chapter of Venezuelan history to an end