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September 29, 2020

Western Hemisphere Regional

Millions are getting pushed into poverty, moving from relatively comfortable lives to not knowing where their next meal is coming from

  • Felipe de la Hoz, Horror Stories (The Baffler, September 29, 2020).

There may be a sort of sordid comfort in dwelling on overt and purposeful transgressions. These are desecrations of the American project, you can reassure yourself, and not mere manifestations of its intrinsic character

Argentina

El grande del continente Brasil moviliza numerosos medios y efectivos para ejercitaciones con paises vecinos

Colombia

Existe un mandato constitucional de implementar las políticas del Acuerdo de Paz de buena fe, pero los resultados de la política del gobierno durante estos dos años parecen ser contradictorios

The exit of the former FARC guerrilla group marked the loss of an arbiter, and has allowed deforestation to surge

At least during the pandemic, operations at the Tajo Patilla site close to the Provincial reserve should be suspended until it can be shown to be safe

Desde 2018, el gobierno ha reportado 23 casos de víctimas indígenas por artefactos explosivos. Las comunidades Embera eyavida y Dóbida en Antioquia están entre las más afectadas

Rodrigo Tovar, also known as Jorge 40, arrived on a deportation flight

El éxito de las tres peticiones para tumbar a Carlos Holmes Trujillo dependen de que se mantenga la indignación ciudadana por los abusos policiales y las masacres

The police violence drew immediate censure from public officials, and drew battle lines similar to the ones that have emerged in the US in the wake of nationwide Black Lives Matter protests

La campaña presidencial del demócrata Joe Biden lanzó este lunes una aguerrida defensa del récord del exvicepresidente frente a Colombia, acusando a Donald Trump de querer recortar los recursos para el país

Mexico

CNN reached out to the Mexican Attorney General’s Office and the Mexican Department of Defense about any inquiries into the alleged role of the military and police. So far there has been no answer

Mexico launched a special government guard force for mining operations Monday, admitting that drug cartels have preyed on the companies, many of which are foreign

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has a chance to fight corruption at the top. But he needs to uphold the law on all sides to be effective

Hay muchos números, pero todos al final de cuentas dicen lo mismo: tenemos un nivel inaceptable de violencia homicida

Durante años integrantes de los diversos grupos armados arraigados en la entidad han utilizado los suelos “de la Grandeza de México” para tratar de borrar los hechos sanguinarios

If countries are judged not to be trying hard enough, the US must cut off aid to that country, unless the continuation of aid is in the US national security interest. Who is trying hard enough is always a political question

Nicaragua

Durante el fin de semana, el régimen de Daniel Ortega desató una ola de represión contra más de un centenar de opositores, activistas y defensores de derechos humanos

The Rama and Kriol leaders were deprived of liberty when they were documenting environmental degradation and land grabs in their Indio Maiz biological reserve

U.S.-Mexico Border

O’odham people from both sides of the border met Sunday morning to exchange blessings through an opening in the international boundary that won’t be open much longer

Venezuela

Maduro contabiliza más funcionarios castrenses tras las rejas, que los que hubo durante la presidencia de Hugo Chávez

The Iran-flagged tanker Forest, transporting some 270,000 barrels of fuel loaded in the Middle East, entered Venezuela’s exclusive economic zone around 8:05 a.m.