September 15, 2020
Western Hemisphere Regional
- Jerry Lambe, “‘Like an Experimental Concentration Camp’: Whistleblower Complaint Alleges Mass Hysterectomies at Ice Detention Center” (Law and Crime, September 15, 2020).
“Jarring medical neglect” within the facility, including a refusal to test detainees for the novel coronavirus and an exorbitant rate of hysterectomies being performed on immigrant women
- Richard E. Feinberg, “Latin America Yields to Trump’s Pick to Head Regional Bank” (The Brookings Institution, September 15, 2020).
Presumably noticing the lethargy and divisions in Latin America, Claver-Carone seized the moment in June to advance his own candidacy
- Mauricio Silva, “A Troubling First: An American Takes the Helm of Inter-American Development Bank” (El Faro (El Salvador), September 15, 2020).
Given Claver-Carone’s curriculum vitae and the circumstances leading to his election, could he serve as an able consensus-building politician who, as president of an international institution, will put the region’s interest above all others?
- Jose Olivares, John Washington, ““a Silent Pandemic”: Nurse at Ice Facility Blows the Whistle on Coronavirus Dangers” (The Intercept, September 15, 2020).
Irwin Detention Center, run by LaSalle Corrections, has refused to test detainees and underreported Covid-19 cases, the nurse says
- Robert Moore, “Woman Who Alleged Sexual Assault by Guards at el Paso Ice Facility Deported Monday” (El Paso Matters, September 15, 2020).
Because Jane Doe 1 fears persecution and torture in Mexico, she will be difficult for investigators to find as they continue their investigation, her attorney said
Chile, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela
- Dany Bahar, Meagan Dooley, Andrew Selee, “Venezuelan Migration, Crime, and Misperceptions: A Review of Data From Colombia, Peru, and Chile” (Brookings Institution, Migration Policy Institute, The Brookings Institution, September 15, 2020).
Venezuelan immigrants commit substantially fewer crimes than the native born, relative to their share in the overall population
Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela
- “Senate Dems Decry Trump Administration on Expulsion of Asylum Seekers From Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua” (U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, September 15, 2020).
The Senators also condemned the administration’s record of deporting individuals and families back to the dictatorships they were forced to flee, what would amount to a violation of U.S. law prohibiting refoulement
Colombia
- “Lo Que Revela el Informe de las Fuerzas Militares a la Comision de la Verdad” (El Espectador (Colombia), September 15, 2020).
En el documento titulado Alétheia los investigadores recopilaron 31.156 homicidios y 5.479 desapariciones forzadas de miembros de la Fuerza Pública
- Olga Patricia Rendon Marulanda, “Justicia Penal Militar Envio el Caso por la Muerte de Javier Ordonez a la Fiscalia” (El Colombiano (Medellin Colombia), September 15, 2020).
Así las cosas será la Fiscalía general de la Nación quien investigue en la justicia ordinarias las conductas en las que habrían podido incurrir los siete policías procesados
- “La Alerta en la Defensoria Con la Llegada de Carlos Camargo” (La Silla Vacia (Colombia), September 15, 2020).
Varios funcionarios del SAT —y también líderes y organizaciones sociales— temen que el nuevo defensor: el político cordobés Carlos Camargo, quien se posesionó la semana pasada, frene, engavete o modifique esos informes
- Santiago Navarro F, “Protests Against Police Brutality Spread in Colombia” (NACLA, September 15, 2020).
According to the latest reports received, at midnight on September 10 police continued to shoot live rounds at protesters in several cities
- “Colombian Ex-Farc Rebels ‘Ashamed’ of Kidnappings” (BBC (UK), September 15, 2020).
Eight commanders called the kidnappings an “extremely grave mistake” and acknowledged the pain they had caused
- “Declaracion” (FARC, September 15, 2020).
Queremos decirles que el secuestro fue un gravísimo error del que no podemos sino arrepentirnos
- Sandra Borda Guzman, “Otra Vez” (El Tiempo (Colombia), September 15, 2020).
Vincularla y reducirla a una fachada de la insurgencia armada. Así se evitan tener que tomarse la protesta y sus demandas en serio y justifican el uso indiscriminado de la violencia
- Elizabeth Dickinson, “Police Killing Rouses Colombia’s Lockdown Furies” (International Crisis Group, September 15, 2020).
Reactions to the unrest have exposed the country’s political polarisation amid anxieties about the coronavirus and the 2016 FARC peace agreement
- “Un Balance de la Guerra y el Crimen en Colombia” (Fundación Paz y Reconciliación (Colombia), September 15, 2020).
Después de meses de investigación al respecto, la Fundación Paz y Reconciliación –Pares, presenta este informe sobre la crítica situación de seguridad de Colombia
- Joshua Goodman, Jim Mustian, “Once-Standout Dea Agent Says He Conspired With Drug Cartel” (Associated Press, September 15, 2020).
The disgraced agent, Jose I. Irizarry, pleaded guilty to 19 federal counts, including bank fraud and having diverted millions of dollars in drug proceeds from DEA control
Mexico
- Alberto Pradilla, “Caso Atenco: En 14 Anos Nadie Ha Pisado la Carcel por los Abusos Policiales” (Animal Politico (Mexico), September 15, 2020).
Víctimas denunciaron que la Fiscalía mexiquense obstaculiza la investigación y presentaron un amparo para que FGR atraiga el expediente
- Arturo RodrÍguez GarcÍa, “Amlo Rechaza Toma de Catedral por Parte de Militares” (Proceso (Mexico), September 15, 2020).
Una exageración, pues por lo general mienten, fue la respuesta del presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador a quienes acusaron la ocupación militar de la Catedral Metropolitana el fin de semana: el Frente Nacional AntiAMLO
Paraguay
- William Costa, “Violence Intensifies in Paraguay After Ex-Vice-President Kidnapped” (The Guardian, September 15, 2020).
Óscar Denis was taken by Paraguayan People’s Army days after military killed two 11-year-old girls in unclear circumstances
U.S.-Mexico Border
- John Burnett, “Biden Pledges to Dismantle Trump’s Sweeping Immigration Changes — but Can He Do That?” (National Public Radio, September 15, 2020).
Federal border officials are worried what would happen if Biden cancels bilateral agreements with Mexico that have dramatically slowed the migrant flow
Venezuela
- Vasco Cotovio, Isa Soares, “‘I Thought I Was Going to Die.’ Inside Venezuela’s Mandatory Quarantine Motels” (CNN, September 15, 2020).
Doctors we spoke to say Venezuela’s government has been using motels and other makeshift facilities to quarantine patients suspected of having the novel coronavirus
- “Bachelet Renovo Acuerdo Con Venezuela para Incrementar la Cooperacion en Materia Humanitaria” (AFP, EFE, El Comercio (Peru), September 15, 2020).
Venezuela se mostró complacido con algunos de los comentarios de Michelle Bachelet sobre la situación en el país, pero omitió mencionar las críticas que ésta lanzó a la gestión de Nicolás Maduro
- “Venezuela Says Arrested American Was Planning to Sabotage Oil Refineries” (Associated Press, The New York Times, September 15, 2020).
The authorities said cellphones taken from the men when they were arrested last week included images of suspected targets