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August 11, 2020

Western Hemisphere Regional

Canada has joined the opposition, diplomatic sources said, but has not done so publicly

Bolivia

¿No hemos visto cuántos años y muertes ha tenido un país como Colombia? ¿Eso estamos buscando?”, expresó el máximo jefe de las Fuerzas Armadas, general Sergio Orellana

El ministro de Defensa Fernando López afirmó que de ser necesario se emitirá un decreto supremo que permita a las Fuerzas Armadas (FFAA) intervenir en caso de que “grupos terroristas” armados estén detrás de los bloqueos en el país

“On social media there are videos of armed people and groups of people,” said armed forces General Sergio Orellana. “This is terrorism and terrorism directly affects state security”

Brazil

If the Brazilian leader decided to ignore a ruling by the supreme court, what would the armed forces do? Are the former military people around the president an accelerator or a brake on his authoritarian instincts?

Colombia

A pesar de que los cultivadores de coca se han organizado en estos territorios, las mujeres encuentran relaciones de poder desiguales que limitan su acceso a los espacios

El país, el Gobierno y la comunidad internacional deben rodear a los comisionados para no perder la oportunidad histórica que tenemos en la Comisión

Colombia presenta un complejo cuadro de procesos genocidas contra grupos políticos, pueblos indígenas y movimientos sociales, cuyo reconocimiento jurídico es cada vez más amplio

Aunque es legal que los excombatientes estén en el Congreso y los militares sigan activos mientras se esclarecen las investigaciones en su contra, víctimas han pedido que se instaure una medida cautelar para suspenderlos

Colombia, Venezuela

With safe border points closed due to COVID-19, civilians have been left at the mercy of criminal gangs

Ecuador

Un llamado a comprender la crisis social y económica que enfrenta el país hizo el comandante del Ejército ecuatoriano

Guatemala

The formula has become commonplace in Central America: the US Justice Department prosecuting elites long suspected of having criminal ties after local investigations are thwarted

Mexico

The INM said there are currently 950 migrants in detention. But different statistics from the country’s Interior Ministry suggest that the number could be ten times that

Hay al menos una decena de cárteles mexicanos, con redes que se expanden a Estados Unidos, Centroamérica, Suramérica y Europa

Un juez federal libró órdenes de aprehensión contra 19 exfuncionarios de la Policía Federal (PF) que estuvieron bajo el mando del exsecretario de Gobernación

U.S.-Mexico Border

In the 1950s, Washington decided that a reasonable distance from the border for enforcement purposes was 100 miles – creating what the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has dubbed a “constitution-free zone”

The reality of the Central American crisis—rooted in US foreign policy—had impinged on the agents’ perceptions of themselves as vanguards and warriors of the border. Miller understood their unhappiness

Under the proposal, the government could block a citizen or legal resident’s entry if an official “reasonably believes” the person had been exposed to or was infected with the communicable disease

Her family still hasn’t heard the official version from Mexican consular officials — only from the guide she followed, who told them she fell and died during the raid of a safe house in New Mexico

ICE’s comprehensive testing appears to undermine the rationale for the mass expulsion policy: that it is necessary to “prevent the introduction” of COVID-19 into the United States

Venezuela

The country’s supreme court in recent months put Democratic Action and two other opposition parties in the hands of politicians expelled from those parties on accusations they were in cahoots with socialist President Nicolas Maduro

President Nicolás Maduro has been treating this crisis as an opportunity, steadily strengthening his grip on power ahead of this year’s parliamentary elections

Russia and China have long been allies to Venezuela, though the Maduro government’s failure to repay its debts to the two countries has strained these relations over the years