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December 23, 2020

Colombia

Organizaciones sociales y voceros comunitarios, a pesar del miedo, denuncian una supuesta connivencia entre la fuerza pública y los grupos ilegales

La pugna que enfrenta al grupo narcoparamilitar Los Rastrojos con la guerrilla del ELN ha dejado una estela de muerte

El Nudo del Paramillo, frontera natural entre los dos departamentos, es hoy un corredor que ocho grupos se disputan tras la salida de las Farc

Colombia, Venezuela

President Iván Duque says undocumented Venezuelans will be denied access in a move denounced as unethical and impractical

El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras

Legislation requires creation of “Engel list” of corrupt and undemocratic actors who will be denied entry to U.S.

U.S.-Mexico Border

They are likely the result of a combination of changes to border policy by the Trump administration, an increase in hostility by US Border Patrol toward humanitarian aid workers, and record-breaking heat

The president-elect said creating a system to process thousands of asylum seekers will take months, because the government needs funding to put staffers such as “asylum judges” in place

While tens of thousands of asylum seekers, mostly from Central America, have given up and returned home, many others haven’t