March 15, 2021
Bolivia
- Marcelo Tedesqui, “Jueza Dispone Cuatro Meses de Carcel para Expresidenta Jeanine Anez y Dos Exministros” (El Deber (Bolivia), March 15, 2021).
Por primera vez en la historia de Bolivia, un mandatario es enviado a la cárcel
- “Detienen a Jeanine Anez en Bolivia: Que Es el “Caso Golpe de Estado” y por Que Genero Controversia en el Pais” (BBC Mundo, Efecto Cocuyo (Venezuela), March 15, 2021).
La medida marcó una escalada de hostilidades entre el actual ejecutivo de izquierda y la oposición, más conservadora, y provocó una gran polémica en el país
Brazil
- Marcos Ommati, “Brazilian General Talks About His Role as Deputy Commander for Interoperability at U.S. Army South” (Dialogo (U.S. Southern Command), March 15, 2021).
Brazilian Army Major General Alcides Valeriano de Faria Junior served as the deputy commanding General for Interoperability at U.S. Army South (ARSOUTH). This is the second time that a general officer from a partner nation holds this position
- “Meeks, Sires Statement on the Third Anniversary of Marielle Franco’s Murder” (U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, March 15, 2021).
To this day, we are still waiting for those who ordered Marielle’s killing to be brought to justice
Chile
- Claudio Portilla, “Ministro (S) Prokurica Defiende Labor de las Fuerzas Armadas y Apunta Que: “Nuestra Legislacion Establece Que la Labor del Orden Publico y Seguridad Corresponden a Carabineros y la Pdi”” (La Tercera (Chile), March 15, 2021).
“Las FF.AA. tienen un rol definido durante el Estado de Excepción, al cual se han apegado estrictamente, y que se aboca a labores de logística, planificación, equipamiento y de apoyo a las policías”
- Andres Munoz, “Delegado Presidencial de la Macrozona Sur Renuncia Tras Polemicos Dichos Sobre Rol de las ff.aa. En la Araucania” (La Tercera (Chile), March 15, 2021).
“Siempre son reticentes. Me toca reunirme con ellos como jefes de la defensa en las distintas regiones y particularmente encuentro insólito que lleguen a las reuniones con abogados, para poder decir por qué no pueden hacer las cosas que uno quisiera”, dijo
Colombia
- “Editorial: La Violencia Tambien se Ejerce Con el Lenguaje” (El Espectador (Colombia), March 15, 2021).
Al tildar a alguien de “máquina de guerra”, Molano está cometiendo un acto de violencia simbólica a través del lenguaje
- “Denuncian Otro Menor Muerto por Bombardeo en Guaviare” (El Nuevo Siglo (Colombia), March 15, 2021).
Medicina Legal confirmó la muerte de otra menor. Se trata de Yeimi Sofía Vega, de 15 años
- Fernan Gonzalez, “Otra Mirada al Eln: Un Federalismo Insurgente” (Razon Publica (Colombia), March 15, 2021).
Sabemos poco sobre el “federalismo” del ELN: una suma de guerrillas regionales con un ambiguo proyecto nacional. La estrategia que funcionó ante las FARC no serviría frente a esta guerrilla
- Rodrigo Uprimny, “Ninos Guerrilleros: ¿Victimas o Maquinas de Guerra?” (DeJusticia, El Espectador (Colombia), March 15, 2021).
Los adolescentes guerrilleros son víctimas y población civil a ser protegida, salvo cuando participen directamente en las hostilidades
- Diana Durán Núñez, Jose David Escobar Moreno, “Entrevista Con el Ministro Diego Molano Sobre el Bombardeo en Guaviare” (El Espectador (Colombia), March 15, 2021).
“Son máquinas de guerra”, dijo Molano sobre los menores de edad reclutados por grupos ilegales. ¿Se arrepiente el ministro de lo dicho? Así respondió
- “En Audiencia de Corte Idh, Jineth Bedoya Pide Cerrar Carcel la Modelo” (El Tiempo (Colombia), March 15, 2021).
El Estado colombiano responderá ante la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (Corte IDH) por el secuestro, tortura y violencia sexual de los que fue víctima la periodista Jineth Bedoya el 25 de mayo del 2000
- Joe Parkin Daniels, “‘It Opens a Window of Hope’: Case Will Potentially Set Precedent for Sexual Violence Survivors in Colombia” (The Guardian, March 15, 2021).
Jineth Bedoya, who’s been seeking justice since she was kidnapped, tortured and raped in 2000, to testify before international court
- Sergio Gomez Maseri, “Ee. Uu. Ve una Relacion Directa Entre la Paz y Erradicar Narcocultivos” (El Tiempo (Colombia), March 15, 2021).
Nuestra idea es que la transformación territorial que llegaría de la plena implementación de los acuerdos es la mejor estrategia de seguridad a largo plazo y la salida más prometedora y sostenible al problema de los cultivos ilícitos
Guatemala, Mexico
- Elizabeth Findell, Juan Montes, Jose De Cordoba, “A Raid, Deportation and Massacre Hit Two Communities Thousands of Miles Apart” (The Wall Street Journal, March 15, 2021).
As Mr. López’s relatives grieved, some blamed U.S. authorities for deporting him. “If they hadn’t grabbed him, Edgar would still be alive”
Honduras
- Jacobo Garcia, “Juan Orlando Hernandez, el Huracan de la Narcopolitica Golpea Honduras” (El Pais (Spain), March 15, 2021).
La confesión del cartel de Los Cachiros en una corte de Nueva York pone contra las cuerdas al presidente de Honduras tras señalar que pagaron por protección al mandatario, a su familia, al vicepresidente y a los dos anteriores dirigentes
Mexico
- “Violencia en Tamaulipas: Se Registran Narcobloqueos en Cinco Puntos de Reynosa” (SinEmbargo (Mexico), March 15, 2021).
Los bloqueos se registraron el mismo día en que el general Pablo Alberto Lechuga Horta tomó protesta como comandante de la 8va Zona Militar
- Enrique Krauze, “Can Biden Help Stem Mexico’s Democratic Decline?” (The New York Times, March 15, 2021).
Our experience with the P.R.I. taught us that a one-party system does not especially value democracy, freedom and the rule of law. If the congressional elections confirm Mr. López Obrador’s total control of Congress, he would value them even less
Mexico, U.S.-Mexico Border
- Maria Abi-Habib, “On Mexico’s Border With U.S., Desperation as Migrant Traffic Piles Up” (The New York Times, March 15, 2021).
Mexico is struggling to deal with a new wave of migrants expelled from the U.S. while even more come north hoping to cross. Shelters that were empty four months ago are now having to turn many away
- Kevin Sieff, “Mexico Is Holding Hundreds of Unaccompanied Children Detained Before They Reach the U.S. Border” (The Washington Post, March 15, 2021).
The children, many attempting to join parents in the U.S., never got a chance to make their case to Border Patrol agents
U.S.-Mexico Border
- Julian Resendiz, “House Gop Leaders to Visit Border Amid Concerns of New Immigration Crisis Monday” (Border Report, KXAN news, March 15, 2021).
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-California, said he will lead a 13-member delegation “to see first-hand and come back with solutions” to a new surge in illegal immigration
- Hamed Aleaziz, “The Us Is Opening an Emergency Facility Because So Many Children Are Arriving Alone at the Border” (BuzzFeed, March 15, 2021).
The goal of the new intake center is to put children in a safer environment while officials work to get them to a family member or other sponsor, or a long-term shelter
- Adolfo Flores, “Unaccompanied Immigrant Children Say They’re Being Held Inside an Overcrowded Facility Without Showers” (BuzzFeed, March 15, 2021).
Attorneys who visited a Border Patrol tent facility in Texas for unaccompanied immigrant minors who recently crossed the border said some of the children were held for as many as eight days in crowded areas without showers
- Zolan Kanno-Youngs, “Biden Administration Directs Fema to Help Shelter Migrant Children” (The New York Times, March 15, 2021).
FEMA, which normally provides financial assistance during natural disasters, will help find shelter space and provide “food, water and basic medical care” to thousands of young migrants
- Valerie Gonzalez, “Efforts to Control Border Surge Intensify in Rgv, Washington” (The Monitor, March 15, 2021).
Nearly 30,000 children were under federal custody so far this fiscal year, a rate greater than any seen in over a decade
- Rosa Flores, Sara Weisfeldt, Catherine E. Shoichet, “Kids Detained in Overcrowded Border Facility Are Terrified, Crying and Worried, Lawyers Say” (CNN, March 15, 2021).
Some children get to shower about once a week and sometimes soap runs out, with only shampoo available, she said. One child told Welch she hadn’t showered in six days
- John Washington, “Private Companies Maneuvering to Cash in on Biden’s Child Migrant Detention” (The Intercept, March 15, 2021).
The trio of companies — Caliburn International, the British security company Serco Group, and Pacific Architects and Engineers — have already posted job listings
- Alfredo Corchado, “U.S. Flies Newly Arrived Migrants Across Texas Only to Immediately Expel Them in el Paso” (The Dallas Morning News, March 15, 2021).
El Paso County officials and migrant advocates said Saturday they had been told they would receive as many as 270 migrants per day in two separate flights from the Rio Grande Valley. But instead, many migrants are being sent back across the border to Ciudad Juárez under Title 42
Venezuela
- Thiany Rodriguez, “En un Operativo Militar, las Fuerzas Armadas de Venezuela Incautan en la Frontera Con Colombia 5.100 Kilos de Cocaina” (Defensa.com (Spain), March 15, 2021).
en medio de una operación fronteriza, desmantelaron en el sur del Lago de Maracaibo, en el estado Zulia, dos campamentos destinados al procesamiento de drogas donde se incautaron 5.100 kilos de cocaína procedente de Colombia
- “Asesor de Joe Biden Dice Que Maduro Guarda Diesel para el Ejercito y Cuba” (Tal Cual (Venezuela), March 15, 2021).
Juan González, asesor de Biden para América Latina recalcó que EEUU por los momentos no tiene previsto levantar las sanciones que han sido impuestas contra el régimen de Nicolás Maduro y sus funcionarios