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November 26, 2020

Western Hemisphere Regional

• Anna Beatriz Anjos, Carolina Gamazo, Raphaela Ribeiro, Javier Quintero, Isabela Ponce, Maria Monica Acuna, Keyling T. Romero, “En Pandemia, Latinoamerica No Pudo Proteger a Mujeres de Sus Agresores” (Centinela COVID-19, Centro Latinoamericano de Investigación Periodística, November 26, 2020).

El confinamiento obligado por la pandemia dejó más vulnerables aún a las mujeres de América Latina frente a compañeros, proxenetas y funcionarios violentos

Bolivia

• Miguel Angel Melendres Galvis, “Fuerzas Armadas “Desconcertadas” por la Aprehension de un Militar y se Apoyan en la Cidh para Esclarecer los Hechos de 2019” (El Deber (Bolivia), November 26, 2020).

El Comandante en Jefe aclaró que los uniformados ejecutaron operaciones de apoyo a las fuerzas policiales que fueron rebasadas, evitando así la confrontación y el derramamiento de sangre

• Jose Miguel Vivanco, Cesar Munoz Acebes, “Will Luis Arce Rebuild Bolivia’s Broken Judiciary?” (Human Rights Watch, Americas Quarterly, November 26, 2020).

When Luis Arce received the presidential sash on November 8, he inherited a justice system in tatters and pliant to those in power

Brazil

• Hubert Alqueres, “O Poder Civil e Os Militares” (Veja (Brazil), November 26, 2020).

Como era de se prever, a imagem dos militares, duramente construída ao longo dos últimos 35 anos, tem sido afetada – negativamente – por esse processo

Colombia

• Sergio Andres Correa, “Alto Gobierno Comparece Este Miercoles Ante la Jep” (El Colombiano (Medellin Colombia), November 26, 2020).

Se desarrolla en la Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz la audiencia nacional en la que al menos nueve integrantes del alto Gobierno deberán dar cuentas de las acciones preventivas que han adelantado para evitar el homicidio de exintegrantes de las Farc

• Thomas Power, “Land Defenders Keep Getting Killed in Colombia” (VICE, November 26, 2020).

Hundreds of environmental defenders in Colombia live in fear in what is the most dangerous country in the world for their work

• “Congreso Niega Proyecto Que Buscaba Rendir un Homenaje a las Madres de Soacha” (Semana (Colombia), November 26, 2020).

La mayoría de senadores no respaldaron una iniciativa que quería establecer un día al año para rendirle un homenaje a las madres de Soacha, víctimas de los falsos positivos

• “A Diciembre de 2024 Podrian Ser 1.600 los Excombatientes Asesinados: Fiscalia de la Jep” (El Espectador (Colombia), November 26, 2020).

Contradice que los asesinatos de firmantes del Acuerdo se deban sólo al narcotráfico, rencillas personales o las disidencias

Costa Rica, Nicaragua

• Katherine Estrada Tellez, “Migrant Trafficking on the Nicaragua – Costa Rica Border” (Confidencial (Nicaragua), November 26, 2020).

A study reveals 51 unmarked crossings used by Nicaraguan migrants. It also highlights the dangers they encounter in their crossing

Cuba

• Anthony Faiola, Karen Deyoung, “Biden Wants to Re-Thaw Relations With Cuba. He’ll Have to Navigate Florida Politics.” (The Washington Post, November 26, 2020).

Biden is gambling that a focus on the restoration of flights and remittance privileges removed under Trump — which Miami Cubans have griped about over steaming cups of cafecito — will allow his administration to re-engage Havana

Guatemala

• Enrique Naveda, “Protestas en Guatemala: Un Gobierno Represivo y Sin Rumbo, y Ciudadanos Con Rabia Acumulada” (Plaza Pública, The Washington Post, November 26, 2020).

Algunos asistentes a ellas me destacaron ese detalle: percibían y sentían mayor rabia, una desbordada; no desconfianza, sino animadversión hacia los representantes del Estado

Honduras

• Areli Palomo, “Climate Change Haunts a Ghostly Border in Honduras” (Linea 84 Collective, NACLA, November 26, 2020).

Sea level rise is wiping out a pair of coastal Honduran communities, driving people to flee. Environmentally destructive policies only fuel further displacement

Mexico

• Maureen Meyer, Moses Ngong, “Mexico Faces a Test for Its Anti-Corruption and Justice Reform Efforts” (Washington Office on Latin America, November 26, 2020).

As the U.S. government continues to work with Mexico in law enforcement matters, it should emphasize the fundamental importance of continuing to strengthen the FGR and the National Anti-Corruption System

Nicaragua

• Keyling T. Romero, “Mediacion e Impunidad: La “Formula” Que Condena a Muerte a Decenas de Mujeres en Nicaragua” (Confidencial (Nicaragua), November 26, 2020).

Miles de mujeres denuncian a sus agresores en busca de ayuda, y la respuesta que reciben es que “deben mediar”; decenas de ellas han sido asesinadas

Peru

• Dan Collyns, “‘The People Are Not Afraid Any More’: Young Peruvians Rise Up to Demand Change” (The Guardian, November 26, 2020).

Under the rallying cry “They messed with the wrong generation”, the non-partisan group is warning Peru’s elected representatives that they will not tolerate a return to the business-as-usual world

• Ryan Dube, “Under Shadow of Corruption, Peru’s Congress Fuels Crisis” (The Wall Street Journal, November 26, 2020).

Majority of Peruvian lawmakers are under investigation for bribery and other crimes, stirring anger and destabilizing the country’s leadership

U.S.-Mexico Border

• Johanna Ferreira, “Murder at the Border: How the U.S. & Mexico Turn a Blind Eye to Femicide” (HipLatina, November 26, 2020).

Low wages contribute to women’s vulnerability but other significant factors besides economic inequality, like the drug trade and misogyny, ultimately enable and allow for violence against women

• Bianca Bruno, “Biden and the Future of Trump’s Border Wall” (Courthouse News, November 26, 2020).

Most experts agree President-elect Joe Biden will fulfill his campaign promise to stop building Donald Trump’s border wall. But only time will tell how the incoming administration will repair the damage — environmental, cultural and political

• Nick Miroff, “U.S. Border Officials Close Texas Warehouse Where Chain-Link ‘Cages’ for Migrants Became a Symbol of Mistreatment” (The Washington Post, November 26, 2020).

The McAllen Central Processing Center will reopen in 2022 after a major renovation, Customs and Border Protection officials said

• “Metering Update: November 2020” (University of Texas Strauss Center, November 26, 2020).

This report provides an update on metering along the U.S.-Mexico border amid CBP’s asylum processing suspension. It documents approximately 15,690 asylum seekers on waitlists in 9 Mexican border cities

• Laura Weiss, “The Government’s Human Cruelty Will Outlive Trump” (The New Republic, November 26, 2020).

Immigration agencies won’t suddenly clean up their act when the president leaves office. What’s Biden going to do about their systemic abuses?