Ever Mercado Puentes photo at El Espectador (Colombia). Caption: “En lo que va del 2021 han sido asesinadas 22 personas en Buenaventura.”

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February 9, 2021

Western Hemisphere Regional

This series, which is the product of field work and investigations over two years in more than 10 countries in Latin America, the Caribbean and Europe, traces the evolution of the European cocaine trade and the Latin American and European criminal networks

Brazil

The Brazilian Army, or Exército Brasileiro (EB), participation in JRTC is the culminating event of a five-year plan developed between the EB and U.S. Army South during the Army-to-Army Staff Talks

Asked about calls by human rights groups and Democrats to halt trade talks with Brazil over concerns about human rights and the environment, Psaki said the Biden administration would not refrain from raising concerns

Chile, Venezuela

En el marco de ese proceso de expulsión, según la autoridad, mañana un vuelo de la Fach saldrá del país con cien personas

Los migrantes tomarán un vuelo de las Fuerzas Aérea de Chile (FACH) que parará en Colombia y Venezuela

Colombia

La ambientalista colombiana, víctima constante de amenazas, reclama atención del Estado y señala al modelo económico como detonador de la violencia que vive su país

Colombia, Cuba

Tomaron la decisión de enviarle una carta-memorando a Colombia para advertirle que habían recibido una información, “cuya verosimilitud no podían confirmar”, sobre un posible ataque militar del Eln en Bogotá

Pares habló con Luis Eduardo Celis, analista del conflicto armado, quien también es asesor de la Redprodepaz y columnista de la Fundación Paz y Reconciliación

El Comité del Paro Cívico de Buenaventura, que antes lideró las protestas masivas por los problemas recurrentes de la ciudad, en esta ocasión no se pronunció de forma contundente

Colombia, Venezuela

The decision was hailed by the head of the U.N. Refugee Agency, Filippo Grandi, as “historic” and “the most important humanitarian gesture” in the region in decades

Con el ETPV, los migrantes podrán permanecer en Colombia en condiciones de regularidad migratoria especiales por un término de vigencia de 10 años, que podría extenderse

Ecuador

An attempt to influence the Ecuadorian elections with a fake video purportedly showing leftwing guerrillas endorsing one of the candidates was thwarted by a ground-dwelling bird and a keen-eared ornithologist

El Salvador

CICIES, with its strong team of national and international judges, investigators and auditors, has shown it has teeth

For survivors of the country’s 12-year civil war that ended nearly three decades ago, the political violence has also stirred up painful memories – and fuelled concerns the country is ushering in a new era of political violence and intolerance

The three people didn’t say how the request for a meeting was made. But they said the decision not to meet with Bukele was deliberate

Haiti

The children were deported to Haiti on Monday on two flights chartered by Ice from Laredo, Texas to the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince

In addition to the deportations and the expulsion to Juárez, about two dozen Haitians were also expelled to Tijuana

Honduras

While the Honduran leader has been implicated in several drug trials in the U.S., the filing marks the first time American prosecutors have made public that they are investigating the president

Mexico

El gobierno mexicano habilitó la vacunación de las personas mayores de 60 años, sin embargo, excluye a aquellos que no cuenta con la Clave Única de Registro de Población

The shift in policy, which the administration says will result in a more humane migration system, has a potential downside: If done too hastily, it could spark a surge in migrants

U.S.-Mexico Border

The 160,000 square foot facility sits on 45 acres. The temporary facility was built to provide processing capacity for Border Patrol’s Rio Grande Valley Sector while the permanent Centralized Processing Center in McAllen is undergoing renovation

Every day that holdover Trump administration policies remain in effect, people seeking U.S. humanitarian protections are being turned away or expelled to places where their lives are at risk

Venezuela

Ahora, mientras es sometido a tratos crueles, el militar enfrenta una acusación de supuesta conspiración por la que ni siquiera tiene una audiencia preliminar

La subsecretaria interina de Estado para el Hemisferio Occidental, Julie Chung, calificó como un acoso medidas contra las ONG venezolanas

Venezuela is so far behind in sourcing vaccines that analysts say it could be 2023 or later before it acquires enough to achieve herd immunity

The sanctions, particularly on the state oil company in 2019, likely contributed to the steeper decline of the Venezuelan economy, primarily by limiting revenue from oil production