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January 28, 2020
Bolivia
- Javier Aliaga, “Nueva Crisis en Bolivia por la Decision de Jeanine Anez de Ser Candidata a las Elecciones” (Univision, January 28, 2020).
Este domingo, Añez pidió la renuncia de todos sus ministros para encarar una “nueva etapa”
- Tom Phillips, “‘Satan, Be Gone!’: Bolivian Christians Claim Credit for Ousting Evo Morales” (The Guardian (Uk), January 28, 2020).
Some see not only a threat to Bolivia’s indigenous customs and practices but also the country’s very status as a secular state
Colombia
- German Gomez P, ““Espero Que No se Hayan Ido Porque Creen Que la via Es la Lucha Armada”: Rodrigo Londono” (El Espectador (Colombia), January 28, 2020).
El jefe del partido FARC habla de la crisis en el interior de la colectividad con la renuncias de personajes notables
- Diana Durán Núñez, “Masacre de San Jose de Apartado, Otro Caso en Manos de la Jep” (El Espectador (Colombia), January 28, 2020).
El 27 de marzo del año pasado, la Corte Suprema ordenó su captura tras condenarlos a 34 años de prisión por su responsabilidad en el asesinato a sangre fría de cuatro adultos, un adolescente y tres niños
- “Comision de Verdad Lleva un Ano Pidiendo Informacion Militar Reservada” (El Tiempo (Colombia), January 28, 2020).
“Durante más de un año hemos estado en el proceso de poder adentrarnos en el estudio de documentos que para la Comisión de la Verdad y nuestros equipos de investigación son de máxima importancia”
- “Curules de Paz, a Punto de Revivir” (Semana (Colombia), January 28, 2020).
El presidente del Senado, Lidio García, revocará el acto administrativo que archivó el proyecto que les daba vida a las 16 circunscripciones para las víctimas. Lo enviaría a sanción presidencial
- Kyle Rempfer, “Paratroopers Jump Into Colombia for Airfield Seizure Exercise” (Army Times, January 28, 2020).
About 75 paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division’s 2nd Brigade and Division Artillery Brigade began a static-line parachuting exercise near Tolemaida Air Base, Colombia on Sunday
Colombia, Venezuela
- Beverly Goldberg, “Femicide: The Main Cause of Death for Venezuelan Women in Colombia” (OpenDemocracy (UK), January 28, 2020).
Of all cases of deaths of migrant Venezuelan women analyzed, 57.3% were victims of a femicide
Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela
- “Cubans, Venezuelans, and Nicaraguans Increase in Immigration Court Backlog” (TRAC Immigration, January 28, 2020).
Between September 2018, when fiscal year 2018 drew to a close, and December 2019, Cubans in the backlog increased by 374 percent, Venezuela increased by 277 percent, and Nicaraguans increased by 190 percent
Cuba
- Hamed Aleaziz, “A Cuban Man Has Become the Sixth Immigrant to Die in Ice Custody Since October” (BuzzFeed, January 28, 2020).
The agency is now close to eclipsing the eight immigrant deaths in its custody during the entire 2019 fiscal year
- Mario J. Penton, Bertha K. Guillen, “La Crisis en Cuba y la Tension Con Eeuu Empuja a Mas Cubanos al Mar en Balsas y Lanchas Rapidas” (El Nuevo Herald, January 28, 2020).
A pesar de que la Guardia Costera de EEUU tiene órdenes estrictas de repatriar a todos aquellos inmigrantes que interceptan en el mar, los “balseros” cubanos siguen intentando alcanzar el sueño americano
Guatemala
- Pia Flores, Francelia Solano, “Que Dejan los Estados de Prevencion de Giammattei y los Municipios Militarizados” (Nomada (Guatemala), January 28, 2020).
Solo tres días después de haber tomado posesión, el 17 de enero Giammattei anunció la implementación del primer estado de Prevención en los municipios de Mixco y San Juan Sacatepéquez
- Sebastian Escalon, “The Quid Pro Quo in Guatemala: Trump Wielding in Central America Same Tactics He Used in Ukraine” (Nómada (Guatemala), El Faro (El Salvador), January 28, 2020).
Donald Trump asked for a favor—you might call it a quid pro quo—in return for his silence on corruption: Morales would sign the unpopular “safe third-country” agreement
Guatemala, U.S.-Mexico Border
- Anna-Catherine Brigida, “A Year After 7-Year-Old Jakelin Caal Died in U.S. Custody, Everything (and Nothing) Has Changed for Her Family” (Texas Monthly, January 28, 2020).
When I visited in September, nine months later, Jakelin’s death still hung over the community like a shroud
Guatemala, Honduras
- Gustavo Irias, “La Lucha Anticorrupcion Fue Desmantelada en Centroamerica” (The New York Times, January 28, 2020).
Mientras las redes de corrupción sigan controlando los mecanismos principales de poder en nuestros países, no será posible esperar avances significativos en la lucha contra la corrupción e impunidad
Honduras
- “Honduras Con Deficit de Mas de 8,000 Agentes de la Policia” (El Heraldo (Honduras), January 28, 2020).
En la actualidad, Honduras cuenta 18,770 efectivos policiales activos, según las cifras oficiales de la Secretaría de Seguridad
Honduras, Mexico
- “En Diez Dias, 2 Mil 303 Hondurenos Fueron Deportados: Inm” (Proceso (Mexico), January 28, 2020).
Según un boletín emitido en la noche, las 2 mil 303 personas fueron retornadas a su país en 10 vuelos y 34 autobuses, donde fueron custodiados por agentes del INM y de la GN
Mexico
- IsaÍn Mandujano, “Condena Unanime: La Peor Cara de Mexico en Materia Migratoria” (Proceso (Mexico), January 28, 2020).
Para Melisa Vértiz, del Grupo de Trabajo de Política Migratoria, México muestra hoy “la peor cara de la política migratoria a lo largo de su historia”
- Jeff Abbott, “The Other Americans: Mexico Has Become the United States’ Heavy Hand Against Migrants” (The Progressive, January 28, 2020).
“This is a new paradigm for control of migratory routes,” Vidal said. “It is much more violent, and much more aggressive, both psychologically and symbolically against the people”
- Peter Orsi, “Normalcy Returns to Guatemala-Mexico Border After Caravan” (Associated Press, Associated Press, January 28, 2020).
López Obrador went on, as he has before, to describe the migrants as being “tricked” by unscrupulous organizers in Honduras who lead them to believe they will pass without problems
- Maria Novoa, “Justice Reform Puts Mexico at a Dangerous Crossroads” (México Evalúa, Americas Quarterly, January 28, 2020).
Rolling back previous attempts at reform could make Mexico’s security situation worse
Peru
- Francisco Toro, James Bosworth, “Lessons From Peru’s Revolt Against All Political Parties” (The Washington Post, January 28, 2020).
They turned out this Sunday … and cast more than twice as many spoiled and blank ballots as they did ballots for the most popular party
U.S.-Mexico Border
- Julian Resendiz, “Despite Opposition, Border Wall Construction Gains Ground in New Mexico” (BorderReport.com, WSPA, January 28, 2020).
Workers on Friday could be seen digging trenches and fastening steel bollards to a concrete base several miles east of Columbus, New Mexico, an empty stretch where in years past U.S. Border Patrol agents often reported catching drug smugglers and groups of migrants
- Priscilla Alvarez, “At Least 350 Children of Migrant Families Forced to Remain in Mexico Have Crossed Over Alone to Us” (CNN, January 28, 2020).
It’s part of an ongoing trend of children, many of whom are from Central America, separating from their families after living in squalid and unsafe conditions in Mexico
Venezuela
- Moises Naim, Francisco Toro, “Venezuela’s Problem Isn’t Socialism” (Foreign Affairs, January 28, 2020).
The deeper driver of Venezuela’s implosion isn’t Maduro’s doctrinaire adherence to socialism but, rather, the country’s slide into kleptocracy
- Joshua Goodman, “Ally of Venezuela’s Maduro Hires Dc Lobbyist to Build Ties” (Associated Press, Associated Press, January 28, 2020).
Their work includes “developing a strategy to approach the U.S. Government in support of delisting the Foreign Principal or other parties subject to U.S. economic sanctions due to their connections to the Republic”
- Jessica Donati, Andrew Restuccia, Ian Talley, “How Putin Outfoxed Trump in Venezuela” (The Wall Street Journal, January 28, 2020).
The Trump administration underestimated how much support President Nicolás Maduro would receive from Russia and Cuba, as well as from U.S. allies