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May 7, 2019
Western Hemisphere Regional
- Rafael Carranza, “Local Governments at U.S. Border Weigh Using Taxpayer Funds to Help Migrant Families” (The Arizona Republic, May 7, 2019).
As nonprofits struggle to house and care for the number of families released border-wide, city, county and even state governments are starting to take a greater, more direct role in the humanitarian response
Brazil
- “Brazil Police Shoot Dead Eight in Rio Favela: Official” (Agence France Presse, France 24 (France), May 7, 2019).
No other details about the operation in Mare — a poor, densely populated swathe of the city encompassing various favelas in large part run by heavily-armed drug traffickers — were immediately available
Colombia
- ““Muchos Nos Ven Como una Piedra en el Zapato por Defender el Territorio” Aconc” (Contagio Radio (Colombia), May 7, 2019).
“Hay mucha gente en territorio que no está dispuesta a que la verdad se aclare”
- Tatiana Duque, “Los Callos Que Pisan los Lideres Afro en el Norte del Cauca” (La Silla Vacia (Colombia), May 7, 2019).
A uno de ellos le llegó una nueva amenaza, vía un mensaje de whatsapp, en el que les advertían que lo que ocurrió el sábado “era solo el principio”
Colombia, Venezuela
- “Marta Lucia Ramirez Abordara Crisis de Venezuela Con Jefe del Pentagono” (Agence France Presse, El Colombiano (Medellin Colombia), May 7, 2019).
La vicepresidente de Colombia, Marta Lucía Ramírez, abordará el martes la situación en Venezuela con el jefe del Pentágono, Patrick Shanahan, a quien insistirá en la necesidad de seguir presionando “por todos los medios y escenarios posibles”
Colombia
- “Vicepresidenta Defiende el Glifosato: “Si Usted Toma 500 Vasos de Agua al Dia, se Enferma”” (El Espectador (Colombia), May 7, 2019).
La Corte, según ella, está pidiendo estudios que demuestren que no afecta en un 100% a la salud de las personas
Cuba, Venezuela
- Jose Enrique Arrioja, Stephen Wicary, “Cuba Says Maduro Must Be at Negotiating Table to Fix Venezuela” (Bloomberg, May 7, 2019).
“It’s not Cuba, as it’s not the Lima Group, who should say who’s the leader of Venezuela”
Honduras
- Azam Ahmed, “Three Weeks Embedded in Honduran Gang Territory” (The New York Times, May 7, 2019).
I wanted to tell the story of gang violence through the voices of residents, shopkeepers, families and gang members themselves
- “Tratado Militar: 1,000 Soldados de Israel a un Paso de Llegar a Honduras” (El Heraldo (Honduras), May 7, 2019).
La misión principal de los soldados es el adiestramiento en protección de fronteras en vista de las masivas salidas irregulares de hondureños, en especial niños, rumbo a Estados Unidos
- “Si Ha Habido Conversaciones para un Tratado Militar Entre Honduras e Israel” (El Heraldo (Honduras), May 7, 2019).
Hasta ahora, el Gobierno de Honduras, por medio del ministro de la Presidencia, Ebal Díaz, negó categóricamente que exista un tratado multilateral que permita el ingreso de tropas extranjeras al país, aunque EL HERALDO no ha informado de convenio sino de conversaciones
Mexico
- Dorian Hargrove, Jason Dorman, Mari Payton, Tom Jones, “Breaking San Diego: A Meth Crisis” (NBC San Diego, May 7, 2019).
The resurgence of meth into the region has led drug enforcement agents to refer to San Diego County as “ground zero” for the nation’s meth problem
- Danielle Mackey, “How a Group of Mothers Uses Drones to Unearth the Casualties of Mexico’s Drug War” (The Verge, May 7, 2019).
Mexico’s drug war has left tens of thousands of casualties in secret graves. Now, the mothers of the missing are digging them up, armed with iron rods and quadcopter drones
- Alejandro Hope, “Cuando Matan a un Policia” (El Universal (Mexico), May 7, 2019).
Un policía mexicano corre un riesgo de ser asesinado 24 veces mayor que el de un colega estadounidense
Panama
- Elida Moreno, Stefanie Eschenbacher, “U.S. Must Cultivate Central America or Lose Out to China: Panama President-Elect” (Reuters, Reuters, May 7, 2019).
The U.S.-educated former agriculture minister and businessman said that if the United States neglected a region it has long considered its backyard, it was inviting China to fill the gap
Venezuela
- Roberta Rampton, “Pence to Offer ‘Carrots’ to Venezuela Military, Warnings to Judges” (Reuters, May 7, 2019).
Pence’s speech will be the first look at the Trump administration’s recalibrated strategy following massive street protests last week led by Juan Guaido
Cuba, Venezuela
- Carmen Sesin, “Are U.S., Cuba and Russia Going to Work to Break the Impasse on Venezuela?” (NBC News, May 7, 2019).
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo surprised many when he said in an interview Sunday on the CBS program “Face the Nation” that the administration is working with the Cuban government on Venezuela
Venezuela
- Matt Laslo, “Trump’s Venezuela War Hawks Are Freaking Out Congress” (VICE, May 7, 2019).
Even the threat of deploying the U.S. military in Venezuela is unbelievable to many lawmakers on Capitol Hill