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February 22, 2019

Western Hemisphere Regional

The document asks for locations where border wall construction would improve the “effectiveness” of military troops deployed there

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan is asking for a priority list, as well as the data used to generate that priority list, to help him determine “what projects we support” and what could be delayed

New government statistics show 250 parents have been separated from children since a June court order. Separations of siblings and other relatives could account for hundreds more

Brazil

As Bolsonaro World quickly melts into a puddle, Mourão apparently spotted an opening — the latest chapter in a roller coaster of political controversies for the vice president

Colombia

La meta de erradicación de cultivos que, de acuerdo con el Plan Nacional de Desarrollo, es eliminar 280.000 hectáreas

El sociólogo y periodista lidera el trabajo de la Comisión de la Verdad en la Orinoquia y la Amazonia. Charlamos con él sobre el reto personal de construir una versión fiel a la realidad

Humberto de la Calle, Juan Fernando Cristo, Carlos Antonio Lozada y Rodrigo Londoño, entre otros exnegociadores de ambos bandos, se volvieron a ver las caras

Colombia, Venezuela

Pence will deliver remarks to the 14 nations that are part of the “Lima Group” in Bogota about addressing the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela and ongoing U.S. efforts to deliver aid to the country

Haiti

La tensión en la capital es palpable y el miedo ha hecho que muchas personas aún prefieran resguardarse en sus casas

Honduras, Mexico

Desde el inicio de año han sido retornados al país 7,741 connacionales que representan, según el informe, un 20.9% menos que los del 2018, que a esta misma fecha alcanzaba 9,972 personas

Mexico

H&K was found to have breached German arms export rules by shipping nearly 5,000 G36 assault rifles and smaller firearms to strife-torn regions

A series of increasingly tough actions in Mexico suggest Lopez Obrador has turned his back on those promises and is tacitly cooperating with the Trump administration to stop the flow of Central American migrants

Se acordó que las fuerzas armadas cedan temporalmente elementos de sus policías militar y naval para conformar la fuerza inicial de la Guardia Nacional, que se sujetará al fuero civil. La Guardia podrá investigar delitos del fuero común

“Podemos decir que es un resultado y un triunfo de la sociedad civil (…) este dictamen puede nos puede poner en la ruta correcta en que la seguridad pública siga siendo una tarea y responsabilidad civil”

He was a human rights activist, producer for a community radio station and long-time opponent of the Proyecto Integral Morelos (the integral project for Morelos) – which includes the plant and pipeline

Venezuela

Hugo Carvajal, 58, who is a congressman in the governing Socialist Party, urged the military to break with the president ahead of a showdown with the opposition on Saturday over Mr. Maduro’s blockade of aid shipments

The volunteers were trying to keep open a part of the Venezuela-Brazil border to allow for delivery of humanitarian aid

An American invasion would thus be highly risky. It would also be counter-productive, because it would deprive a new government of legitimacy and revive anti-imperialism across Latin America

The best role for the United States is to provide the diplomatic, economic and logistical support that is needed for collective action by the governments of Latin America to succeed, preferably by peaceful means

In some respects, the world’s most powerful country showing up at Venezuela’s border with truckloads of food and medicine is much better than what it has done in the past