Johan Ordonez/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images photo at The Wall Street Journal. Caption: “Honduran migrants walked past a Guatemalan Army truck as they crossed the border on Thursday.”

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October 2, 2020

Western Hemisphere Regional

Biden y Harris tendrán que ocuparse de un amplio arco de situaciones

CBP’s tactical unit was “geared up ready to deploy” in response to “verbal aggressive language” by protesters, or the throwing of empty water bottles

Western Hemisphere Regional, Colombia

Experts say Growth in the Americas programme is attempt to reassert US control – and seems likely to anatagonise Beijing

Brazil

Rainforests are unique ecosystems of immense complexity that nurture an incredible diversity of plants, animals and micro-organisms. Bulldozers and chain saws don’t care about that

Salles announced an end to two legal protections for mangroves and coastal restinga forests, arguing the protections were “excessively restrictive” and “stifled economic development”

In Brazil, lawmakers are still trying to come to grips with the damage done by Pompeo’s September visit, ostensibly meant to shore up support for a common front against Venezuela but ultimately about Pompeo’s efforts to boost Trump’s standing with Latino voters in Florida

Colombia

A pesar de una disminución en las tasas nacionales de homicidio en el primer semestre, la violencia en las regiones más afectadas por el conflicto ha continuado

Las voces que piden la renuncia del ministro de Defensa crecen cada día y, desde el Congreso de la República, algunos sectores piden una moción de censura

Era activista del partido Colombia Humana, que lidera Gustavo Petro

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El Espectador conoció detalles sobre uno de los tres narcotraficantes que, según organismos del Estado, es el “rey” de los envíos de cocaína

El Salvador

“No lo hemos denunciado para no poner en riesgo a la fuente que nos dio la información, que nos compartió la información”, aseveró el periodista

Throughout the time Bukele was mayor of San Salvador, City Hall and the gangs made several arrangements like this: the gangs would not get money; they would get political and economic favors

Guatemala, Honduras

Caravan could provide ammunition to President Trump’s re-election campaign, but experts say it will likely be broken up

Honduras

Yani Rosenthal served time in a U.S federal prison on a charge connected to the drug trade, but now wants to run for president back home

Mexico

Se presume que la confesión fue obtenida mediante tortura

Mexico’s president has announced plans for a referendum on whether to prosecute his unpopular predecessors, saying he wants “the people” to give the green light

Mexico’s Security Secretary Alfonso Durazo, from the Sonoran town of Bavispe, confirmed Thursday that he plans to resign from his post and return to Sonora to seek the governorship

Opponents had claimed it violated the precept that the decision to prosecute should be made by prosecutors, not voters or politicians, as well as the presumption of innocence

El Instituto Nacional de Migración (INM) advirtió este jueves que habrá sanciones para las personas extranjeras que ingresen a México sin las medidas sanitarias derivadas de la pandemia por covid-19

Los Gastos de Seguridad Pública y Nacional son una de las partidas más oscuras del presupuesto. En teoría, su uso está acotado a investigaciones delicadas

Venezuela

El dirigente opositor Henrique Capriles se retiró de la contienda electoral. Su decisión se debe al improbable aplazamiento de las elecciones parlamentarias y, con ello, la imposibilidad de que se garantice observación internacional de la Unión Europea