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May 22, 2017

Argentina

• Pablo Waisberg, Guillermo Peralta, “Grupo Pro Militar Escracha a Testigos de Juicios” (Perfil (Argentina), May 22, 2017).

La Unión de Promociones apuntó a “terroristas subversivos de los 70”. Incluye militantes que eran chicos en esa época

Brazil

• Jill Langlois, “Soggy Protesters Demand Impeachment of Brazil’s President: ‘We Have to Fight for Better’” (The Los Angeles Times, May 22, 2017).

The Brazilian Order of Attorneys decided early Sunday to formally request Temer’s impeachment after a 25-1 vote in favor of his removal

Colombia

• Edulfo Pena, “‘la Corte Constitucional Puso en Jaque el Acuerdo de Paz’: De la Calle” (El Tiempo (Colombia), May 22, 2017).

Incumplir acuerdo con la guerrilla podría generar nuevas violencias, dice el jefe negociador

• “Siete Efectos Que Sentira la Paz Con el Frenazo al ‘Fast Track’” (Semana (Colombia), May 22, 2017).

Semana.com le explica por qué la paz transita por el momento más difícil

• “Golpe a la Confianza del Acuerdo de Paz” (Semana (Colombia), May 22, 2017).

Este es uno de esos momentos críticos en los que la historia toma nota sobre la grandeza de sus principales líderes

• “‘Vamos a Regularizar Totalmente la Propiedad Rural del Pais’: Pardo” (El Tiempo (Colombia), May 22, 2017).

El ministerio para el Posconflicto lanzó el catastro multipropósito. ¿De qué se trata? El alto consejero para el Posconflicto, Rafael Pardo Rueda, se lo explicó a EL TIEMPO

• “Comunidad de Buenaventura Denuncia Agresion del Esmad para Disolver el Paro Civico” (El Espectador (Colombia), May 22, 2017).

Luego de tres días de manifestaciones para pedir al Gobierno que vire sus ojos hacia esa ciudad, la situación se hizo compleja por los choques entre Fuerza Pública y ciudadanía

• “El Reto Que Tendra Agamenon Ii” (Colprensa, El Colombiano (Medellin Colombia), May 22, 2017).

Tras dos años en marcha y más de mil capturas de sus integrantes, ‘Agamenón 2’ no estará en manos exclusivas de la Policía Nacional, sino que incluirá tropas del Ejército

• “Trump se Porto Bien” (Semana (Colombia), May 22, 2017).

A Santos y a Trump les conviene que los dos países mantengan su cercanía y, por eso, la alianza bilateral quedó en firme, y ratificada, esta semana en la Casa Blanca. Por ahora

El Salvador

• Danielle Marie Mackey, Pedro Armando Aparicio, Leighton Akio Woodhouse, “Deported to el Salvador, Trapped Between the Gangs and Trump” (The Intercept, May 22, 2017).

Escobar, like nearly 11,000 others who were arrested, had no criminal record. He was a prominent member of the local community, and his wife and children are U.S. citizens

El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras

• Joshua Partlow, “The ‘Trump Effect’ Has Slowed Illegal U.S. Border Crossings. But for How Long?” (The Washington Post, May 22, 2017).

Salvadorans say they are taking their cues from undocumented family members in the United States, who are living in greater fear of deportation

Haiti

• Lizette Alvarez, “58,000 Haitians in U.S. May Lose Post-Earthquake Protections” (The New York Times, May 22, 2017).

The prospect that 58,000 Haitians could be forced to return en masse after spending more than seven years in the United States has raised a rare bipartisan outcry among state and federal lawmakers in Florida

Mexico

• Jon Lee Anderson, “Mexican Journalists Lose Another Colleague to the Drug War” (The New Yorker, May 22, 2017).

Many see a pattern of official complacency, and, in some cases, of complicity. But Valdez’s murder had the feeling of a death too far

• Ron Nixon, “Story of a Rogue Agent Clouds Efforts to Ease Border Patrol Expansion” (The New York Times, May 22, 2017).

The president wants to make 5,000 new hires, under a streamlined process that critics fear could open a door to other rogue agents like Mr. Luna

Venezuela

• Girish Gupta, “Exclusive: Venezuela Holds 5,000 Russian Surface-to-Air Manpads Missiles” (Reuters **, May 22, 2017).

Weapons experts said there have long been fears that the weapons could be stolen, sold or somehow channeled to the wrong hands, concerns exacerbated by the current civil unrest

• David Smilde, “Pics and Comments on a Mega-March” (Washington Office on Latin America, May 22, 2017).

I am going to describe what I can about the logic of the event, to help readers to get a feel for it. I am going to end with some critical comments

• Girish Gupta, Andrew Cawthorne, “Venezuela’s Maduro Attacks ‘Fascist’ Protesters for Setting Man Alight” (Reuters **, May 22, 2017).

About 100 people, who had been participating in anti-Maduro protests, surrounded him, doused him in gasoline and set him alight in Plaza Altamira in east Caracas