(Even more here)

February 7, 2020

Brazil

• Ernesto Londono, “Brazil Judge Dismisses Charges Against the Journalist Glenn Greenwald” (The New York Times, February 7, 2020).

A federal judge decided Mr. Greenwald should not stand trial for his role in bringing to light hacked cellphone messages, citing a ruling from a Supreme Court justice that shielded him

Colombia

• Ricardo Monsalve Gaviria, “¿Medellin Con Politicas Publicas para los Exfarc?” (El Colombiano (Medellin Colombia), February 7, 2020).

La migración de exmiembros de esa guerrilla a las ciudades plantea el reto, al Concejo de Medellín, de elaborar políticas públicas para la reinserción de quienes dejaron las armas

• Ricardo Monsalve Gaviria, “Gobierno Desconoce Paradero de Mas de Mil Excombatientes de Farc” (El Colombiano (Medellin Colombia), February 7, 2020).

Se mantiene contacto con 11.647 exintegrantes de la antigua guerrilla de las Farc, lo que quiere decir que no se tiene información del paradero de 1.266

• “Lideres Sociales: 10 Puntos en los Cuales Gobierno y Onu se Sacan Chispas” (Semana (Colombia), February 7, 2020).

El Gobierno envió un polémico informe a la Asamblea General en el que lo acusa de ser imparcial, de hacer afirmaciones infundadas basadas en juicios de valor y pone en duda su rigurosidad

• Laura Soto, Adelaida Avila Cabrera, “Ivan Marquez y Gentil Duarte Combaten un Enemigo Comun en Tumaco” (La Silla Vacia (Colombia), February 7, 2020).

‘El Paisa’, el excomandante de la Columna Teófilo Forero de las Farc y quien anunció que retomaba las armas con Iván Márquez en agosto de 2018, es el jefe del nuevo grupo de disidencias ‘Alfonso Cano’ en Tumaco

• “Zonas Futuro No Podran Desconocer Mandato del Acuerdo de Paz: Corte Constitucional” (El Espectador (Colombia), February 7, 2020).

El alto tribunal precisó que cuando las Zonas Futuro coincidan con los Programas de Desarrollo con Enfoque Territorial (PDET) debe haber participación de las entidades territoriales y la comunidad

El Salvador

• “El Salvador Says It’s Not Ready to Receive Asylum Seekers” (Associated Press, The New York Times, February 7, 2020).

Hill Tinoco said her government is at the point of determining the technical team that will meet with their U.S. counterparts to develop a plan of how it could work

Mexico

• Jorge Ramos, “Mexico Is Now the Wall. President Trump Got His Wish” (The New York Times, February 7, 2020).

Mexico is now the wall. President Trump got his wish

• Arturo Angel, “Guardia Nacional se Queda Corta en su Meta de Reclutamiento para 2019” (Animal Politico (Mexico), February 7, 2020).

El estado de la Guardia es de 76 mil elementos, casi 16 mil efectivos por debajo de lo que planificó para el cierre de 2019

• Gustavo Castillo García, “Listas, las Cinco Bases de la Guardia Nacional para Combatir a Dos Carteles” (La Jornada (Mexico), February 7, 2020).

Parte de la estrategia es disminuir la incidencia delictiva que en esas entidades han generado los cárteles Jalisco Nueva Generación y Santa Rosa de Lima

• “Mexico in Talks With Russia to Buy New Batch of Military Helicopters: Foreign Minister” (Reuters, The New York Times, February 7, 2020).

Lavrov, on a visit to Mexico, said a new supply agreement with Russia’s Rosoboronexport arms exporter could follow an earlier purchase of about 50 Russian helicopters

Mexico, U.S.-Mexico Border

• Alexandra Rangel, Ernesto Romero, Nassieli Pizano, “In Mexicali, Coyotes Defy the New Border Wall by Smuggling Dozens at a Time Into the U.S.–Copy” (KYMA, February 7, 2020).

In Mexicali, coyotes defy the new border wall by smuggling dozens at a time into the U.S.–copy

U.S.-Mexico Border

• Nick Miroff, Adrian Blanco, “Trump Ramps Up Border-Wall Construction Ahead of 2020 Vote” (The Washington Post, February 7, 2020).

The president’s barrier is one of the largest federal infrastructure projects in the nation’s history. Here’s what his administration has built so far and where it plans to build next

• Curt Prendergast, “Crews Blasting Hill in Organ Pipe Monument to Make Way for Border Wall” (The Arizona Daily Star, February 7, 2020).

Tohono O’odham elders have said bodies were buried on that hill after Apache raids

• Tom Dreisbach, “Exclusive: Video Shows Controversial Use of Force Inside an Ice Detention Center” (National Public Radio, February 7, 2020).

As they visibly recoiled from the spray, some of the detainees were pushed into walls, pulled to the ground or dragged on the floor by guards

Venezuela

• Jim Wyss, “Amid Threats From Washington, Russia Promises Economic, Military Aid to Venezuela” (The Miami Herald, February 7, 2020).

Lavrov said Venezuela was the victim of “illegitimate” sanctions and pressure from the United States, and he said that Russia would continue to invest in the country’s energy, industry and agricultural sectors

• Elliott Abrams, “Briefing With Special Representative for Venezuela Elliott Abrams” (U.S. Department of State, February 7, 2020).

As several administration officials have noted, the Russians may soon find that their continued support of Maduro will no longer be cost-free. Others who continue to profit from or support Maduro should take warning