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October 28, 2020
Western Hemisphere Regional
- Ernesto Londono, “Biden’s Plans for Latin America: End ‘Bully Dictating Policy’” (The New York Times, October 28, 2020).
“He would not pull any punches when it comes to challenging Bolsonaro on issues related to environmental degradation, issues related to corruption and other challenges that the president of Brazil is facing”
- Sabrina Siddiqui, Michelle Hackman, Chad Day, “Trump Campaign Tones Down Immigration Messages That Dominated 2016 Election” (The Wall Street Journal, October 28, 2020).
Some political strategists say the campaign’s different emphasis also is a response to the 2018 midterms, when Democrats won control of the House of Representatives
- Beatriz Pascual Macías, “Kamala Harris Perfila el Final de Quedate en Mexico” (Milenio (Mexico), October 28, 2020).
“La administración Biden-Harris protegerá nuestra frontera, mientras que asegura la dignidad de los migrantes y defiende su derecho legal a buscar asilo, incluido el fin del programa Quédate en México”
- John Washington, Jose Olivares, “Number of Women Alleging Misconduct by Ice Gynecologist Nearly Triples” (The Intercept, October 28, 2020).
The total number of women known to have been seen by the doctor since 2018 who say they underwent or were pressured to undergo unnecessary treatments has risen to 57
Bolivia
- “Comision Aprueba Dos Juicios de Responsabilidades Contra Anez” (El Deber (Bolivia), October 28, 2020).
La comisión especial que investiga la intervención policial y militar en Sacaba y Senkata recomendó ayer, en su informe final, iniciar dos juicios de responsabilidades a la presidenta Jeanine Áñez y su gabinete
- Rodrigo Perez Maldonado, “Evo Morales Pide Respetar la Constitucion Tras Protesta en Bolivia a Favor de una “Junta Militar”” (Agence France Presse, La Nacion (Chile), October 28, 2020).
El exmandatario reaccionó en redes sociales, luego que el lunes cientos de manifestantes marcharan hasta el cuartel de la Octava División de Ejército en la ciudad oriental de Santa Cruz, pidiendo a gritos “auxilio militar”
Brazil, Ecuador, Western Hemisphere Regional
- David D. Kirkpatrick, Jose Maria Leon Cabrera, “How Trump and Bolsonaro Broke Latin America’s Covid-19 Defenses” (The New York Times, October 28, 2020).
The two presidents drove out 10,000 Cuban doctors and nurses. They defunded the region’s leading health agency. They wrongly pushed hydroxychloroquine as a cure
Chile
- Joshua Frens-String, “Burying Pinochet” (University of Texas at Austin, NACLA, October 28, 2020).
Voters took an important first step toward burying, once and for all, the most significant political relic of the country’s brutal 1973-1990 military dictatorship
Colombia
- “Violencia Sexual: Razones Cuestionables por las Que Archivaron Denuncias Contra Militares” (El Espectador (Colombia), October 28, 2020).
En un informe que la Fiscalía le entregó a la JEP, el organismo llamó la atención sobre decisiones que pusieron punto final a denuncias de violaciones y abusos con revictimizaciones inaceptables
- Joe Parkin Daniels, “Us Embassy Warns Colombian Politicians Not to Get Involved in Us Elections” (The Guardian, October 28, 2020).
At least three senior Colombian lawmakers have been accused of acting as surrogates for Donald Trump in Florida
Cuba
- Nora Gamez Torres, “Cuban Government Announces Closure of Western Union Offices and Suspension of Remittances” (The Miami Herald, October 28, 2020).
Western Union, which handles the lion’s share of the money sent to the island from the United States, said it continues looking for alternatives to maintain the service
El Salvador
- “Ejercito Salvadoreno Remite a la Justicia Informacion Seleccionada de Masacre el Mozote” (Agence France Presse, ElPeriodico (Guatemala), October 28, 2020).
El ejército de El Salvador entregó información seleccionada de la masacre de El Mozote, que dejó casi 1.000 muertos durante la guerra civil (1980-1992), al juez responsable de la investigación
Guatemala
- Jeff Abbott, “Cash-Stuffed Suitcases Found in Guatemala, Authorities Hunting Ex-Minister” (VICE, October 28, 2020).
All pending CICIG investigations were shifted to the FECI. But the FECI too has come under attacks by conservative forces in Guatemala
- Marielos Monzon, “Libertad para Anastasia Mejia” (Prensa Libre (Guatemala), October 28, 2020).
Desde el 22 de septiembre guarda prisión en la cárcel para mujeres de Quetzaltenango, acusada de los delitos de sedición, atentado con agravaciones específicas, incendio y robo agravado
Guatemala, Honduras
- “Guatemala se Prepara Ante Posibles Nuevas Caravanas de Migrantes Hondurenos” (Agence France Presse, El Heraldo (Honduras), October 28, 2020).
Citó la posibilidad de que un nuevo grupo de hondureños intente emprender la ruta migratoria el próximo 30 de octubre
Honduras
- “Carteles Mexicanos Detras de las Plantaciones de Coca en Honduras” (El Heraldo (Honduras), October 28, 2020).
“Ellos mandan desde México grandes cantidades de dólares para la siembra de arbustos de coca y las instalaciones de los narcolaboratorios para la producción”, afirmó una fuente de Inteligencia
Mexico
- Anabel Ibanez, “Riesgoso e Ilegal Que la Gn Sea Manejada por la Sedena, Advierte Diputado” (Riodoce (Sinaloa Mexico), October 28, 2020).
La Sedena tomó por asalto la Guardia Nacional y violentó la Constitución federal, denunció en tribuna el diputado Mario Rafael González Sánchez, presidente de la Comisión de Seguridad Pública
- Andres Villarreal, “Las Cuentas de Cienfuegos” (Riodoce (Sinaloa Mexico), October 28, 2020).
En erradicación de cultivos ilícitos, en aseguramientos de mariguana, cocaína, goma de opio, heroína, vehículos, aeronaves, armas o personas detenidas, las cuentas que rinde Enrique Peña están por debajo de los números con que concluyó el sexenio de Felipe Calderón
- Joy Olson, “What to Glean From an Arrest” (Joy Olson’s Blog, October 28, 2020).
I recall a visit to the Northern Command in the years after the establishment of cooperation. The US personnel I interviewed were almost giddy about the collaboration
Nicaragua
- Wilfredo Miranda, “Nicaragua Aprueba una Ley Que Impone Penas de Carcel a Quienes el Gobierno Considere Que Publiquen Noticias Falsas” (El Pais (Spain), October 28, 2020).
Ortega prepara un tridente legislativo por el que también penará con cadena perpetua los delitos de odio y bloqueará la financiación internacional de ONG y organizaciones civiles críticas con su Administración
Peru
- “Voceros de Cuatro Bancadas Cuestionan Declaraciones de Martos Sobre Fuerzas Armadas” (El Comercio (Peru), October 28, 2020).
El domingo, el premier sostuvo que las Fuerzas Armadas no permitirían una ruptura del Estado de Derecho a pocos meses de las elecciones generales del 2021
U.S.-Mexico Border
- Perla Trevizo, Jeremy Schwartz, “Records Show Trump’s Border Wall Is Costing Taxpayers Billions More Than Initial Contracts” (Propublica, Texas Tribune, ProPublica, October 28, 2020).
Within a year of the initial award, the value of the two contracts had more than tripled, to over $3 billion, even though the length of the fence the companies were building had only grown by 62%, to 135 miles
- Cindy Carcamo, “Immigration Fact Check: ‘Who Built the Cages?’” (The Los Angeles Times, October 28, 2020).
The shelter was not being used as part of a child separation policy, and U.S. border agents did not separate those children from their parents
- Dara Lind, “Trump Got What He Wanted at the Border. Would Biden Undo It?” (ProPublica, October 28, 2020).
The goal of deterring people from migrating to the U.S. — which has motivated Trump’s complex web of border policies — has seduced some Democrats, too
- Molly o’toole, “A Renewed Surge of Migration From Central America Could Pose Early Test for a President Biden” (The Los Angeles Times, October 28, 2020).
Critics at the time said the Obama-Biden strategy put too much emphasis on security over development. Whether it would have worked remains unknown because of Trump’s abrupt shift in policy
- James Fredrick, “An Unlikely Covid-19 Success Story in Mexico” (James is Writing, October 28, 2020).
A refugee camp on the U.S.-Mexico border hasn’t had a single COVID-19 death
Venezuela
- Rodrigo Perez Maldonado, “Juan Guaido Denuncia “Desaparicion Forzosa” de Tres Colaboradores en Venezuela” (Agence France Presse, La Nacion (Chile), October 28, 2020).
“Ya son más de 12 horas que están desaparecidos el periodista Roland Carreño junto a Yeferson Sarcos y Elías Rodríguez”, escribió este martes en Twitter
- “Aterriza en Venezuela un Avion de Iran Sancionado por Estados Unidos por Transportar Armas a Siria” (Reuters, El Comercio (Peru), October 28, 2020).
El aterrizaje de la aeronave tipo 747 con matrícula EP-FAB, propiedad de la iraní Qeshm Fars Air, se registra cuando son más estrechas las relaciones comerciales