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February 10, 2021
Bolivia
- “Hechos Violentos de 2019: Abren Nueva Fase de Investigacion Con Entrevistas Individuales y Obtencion de Datos Detallados” (El Deber (Bolivia), February 10, 2021).
Un nuevo capítulo se escribe en la investigación del GIEI-Bolivia (Grupo Interdisciplinario de Expertos Independientes), que inició una nueva fase del trabajo que desarrolla en Bolivia respecto a los hechos de violencia de 2019
Colombia
- “‘El Acuerdo de Paz se Parece Mas a la Muerte’: Rodrigo Londono” (El Tiempo (Colombia), February 10, 2021).
El jefe del partido Comunes clama en una carta a Duque y a Santos salvar el proceso
- “Colombia: Protection Gaps Endanger Rights Defenders” (Human Rights Watch, February 10, 2021).
The 127-page report, “Left Undefended: Killings of Rights Defenders in Colombia’s Remote Communities,” documents killings of human rights defenders in the country in the last five years, as well as serious shortcomings in government efforts to prevent them, protect defenders, and hold those responsible to account
- “El Periodismo No Es el Enemigo” (Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa (Colombia), February 10, 2021).
El 2020 profundizó el deterioro de los medios de comunicación y del estado de la libertad de expresión en el país
- Martin Elias Pacheco, ““la Gente Siente Que la Autoridad Son los Bandidos”: Obispo de Buenaventura” (El Espectador (Colombia), February 10, 2021).
Monseñor Rubén Darío Jaramillo, obispo de Buenaventura, habla con El Espectador de la situación del municipio vallecaucano, donde los enfrentamientos entre bandas criminales han ocasionado el desplazamiento de 856 personas
- Jorge Enrique Forero, “La Extradicion: ¿el Elefante Blanco de la Guerra Contra las Drogas?” (La Silla Vacia (Colombia), February 10, 2021).
Debemos preguntarnos si ha significado, no una herramienta eficaz contra el narcotráfico, sino un obstáculo para garantizar los derechos a la verdad, justicia y reparación de las víctimas
Colombia, Venezuela
- Megan Janetsky, “Venezuela Migrants: ‘Legal Status Changes Everything’” (BBC (UK), February 10, 2021).
The surprise announcement was made by President Iván Duque on Monday and applies to undocumented Venezuelan migrants living in Colombia before 31 January 2021
El Salvador
- Julia Gavarrete, ““El de Bukele Es un Gobierno Claramente Autocratico y Autoritario”” (El Faro (El Salvador), February 10, 2021).
La Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) decidirá en mayo quién será su nueva secretaria ejecutiva. El nombre de la salvadoreña Celia Medrano está entre los cinco que han llegado a la última instancia
- Marcos Aleman, “El Salvador Opposition Proposes President’s Removal” (Associated Press, Associated Press, February 10, 2021).
“We’re either facing a criminal or a nut; we’re facing a deranged person who is lacking the faculties to do the job”
Haiti
- “Journalists Alvarez Destine and Meus Jeanril Shot as Police and Armed Forces Disperse Protest in Haiti” (Committee to Protect Journalists, February 10, 2021).
The shootings occurred as members of the Haitian National Police and the Armed Forces fired live ammunition to disperse demonstrators
Mexico
- “Reimagining the Future of U.S.-Mexico Security Cooperation” (Mexico Violence Resource Project, February 10, 2021).
The Mexico Violence Resource Project convened six experts to answer the question of how security cooperation and aid should change over the next four years
U.S.-Mexico Border
- Nomaan Merchant, “In Biden’s Early Days, Signs of Trump-Era Problems at Border” (Associated Press, ABC News, February 10, 2021).
Hundreds of newly released immigrants are getting dropped off with nonprofit groups, sometimes unexpectedly, and accounts like Nailet’s of prolonged detention in short-term facilities are growing
- Sandra Sanchez, “Costly ‘Eye in the Sky’ Border Blimps to Be Grounded in Rio Grande Valley, Congressman Says” (KXAN news, February 10, 2021).
The Border Patrol’s aerostat program in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley — the “eyes in the sky” tethered surveillance blimps that have for years dotted the skyline of South Texas — are being dismantled
- “As the Right Wing Howls About “a Border Crisis” and “the Biden Effect,” Some in the Mainstream Media Seem to Be Following Suit” (Americas Voice, February 10, 2021).
They cite unnamed Border Patrol sources to sensationalize a modest uptick in border crossings and releases
Venezuela
- Venezuela Investigative Unit, “Human Trafficking Accompanies Illegal Mining in Venezuela’s Orinoco” (InsightCrime, February 10, 2021).
Men, women and children are being trafficked in a swath of Bolivar state that is part of the mining region known as the Orinoco Mining Arc, according to the report published by the Center for Human Rights at the Andrés Bello Catholic University