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July 14, 2020

Western Hemisphere Regional

El candidato de Estados Unidos, Mauricio Claver-Carone, levanta ampollas en la institución, donde se le ve como ganador tras el apoyo de la mitad de los Gobiernos americanos

More than 930 employees of private contractors running U.S. immigration detention centers have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, according to congressional testimony given by company executives

Brazil

Se puede ver a uno de los policías apoyando su pie izquierdo sobre el cuello de la mujer, de 51 años, tendida boca abajo en el suelo, que había entrado en escena para defender a un amigo que estaba siendo atacado por los agentes

Chile

El abuso se concentra contra personas de menos recursos económicos, que participan en protestas o manifestaciones, e integrantes del pueblo mapuche

Colombia

The Covid-19 pandemic is devastating the entire Amazon basin, just as one of Colombia’s most ambitious redress programs for indigenous victims in this remote rainforest region is poised to kick off

During COVID-19 these leaders continue to empower women and defend their rights

“We are advancing, we have taken all the steps demanded by the Constitutional Court and we are meeting the requirements of the authorities,” Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo said

Se ha mantenido en el centro del debate pu?blico, entre otras cosas por las decisiones sobre las solicitudes de Salvatore Mancuso y Samuel Moreno, asi? como por los debates en el Congreso sobre posibles modificaciones a esta jurisdiccio?n

Colombia, Venezuela

His government has limited the number of Venezuelans allowed entry into their own country to approximately 1,000 per week

Ecuador

Trabajadores de esta fábrica de explosivos, que está bajo la admistración del Ministerio de Defensa, denunciaron que al iniciar una convocatoria a una huelga, personal militar resguarda los alrededores

El Salvador

Crisis Group has documented a concerted effort from both Bukele’s supporters and his opponents to shape the online narrative around his more controversial policies, in part through artificial means

Mexico

Lo preocupante del caso DRM no es el monto de lo robado, sino la actitud permisiva del gobierno

Tú dinos cómo quieres que vayamos avanzando. Tú no vas a ser la excepción, tú no te la pongas difícil –dice Tomás Zerón al interrogado

Activists suspect murders of 15 Indigenous community members are linked to their opposition to a proposed megaproject

Rather than the numbers, though, it is the sheer brazenness of these attacks which stands out

Last year, the first under President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, saw the second-most disappearances on record

Los resultados preliminares de una auditoría oficial que encontró inconsistencias graves y manipulación de las estadísticas delictivas en varios estados del país, con el fin de aparentar una reducción de algunos delitos, fueron clasificados

Suriname

Once a dictator, he returned as a populist, but fell in the face of the pandemic and an economic crisis

U.S.-Mexico Border

In a sign of fraying relations between the Department of Defense and Capitol Hill, the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee ? chaired by Indiana Democratic Rep. Pete Visclosky ? “condemned” the Pentagon’s past approvals of nearly $10 billion over two years toward the border wall

The Army Corps of Engineers has said Fisher won the federal contract to build a segment of the border fence in Arizona because it was the lowest bid

The U.S., in separate agreements with Mexico and Canada, will make a formal announcement before July 21 that non-essential travel will be restricted for at least another 30 days

The baby’s father and 9-year-old brother had been sent back to Mexico days earlier without knowing where the mother was

Venezuela

Se cumplen cinco años del lanzamiento oficial del “Operativo de Liberación del Pueblo” (OLP), una operación policial-militar anunciada como el plan gubernamental N° 23 para combatir la inseguridad, que rápidamente se convirtió en una carta en blanco