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March 22, 2017
Brazil
“Land Rights Activist Shot Dead in Brazilian Amazon Hospital” (Reuters, The Guardian (Uk), March 22, 2017).
Waldomiro Costa Pereira, an activist with the Landless Workers Movement (MST) was killed on Monday when gunmen stormed the hospital in Parauapebas in north-eastern Brazil’s Pará state
Colombia
“Por Lo Menos 310 Organizaciones Estan en Situacion de Riesgo en Todo el Pais” (Verdad Abierta (Colombia), March 22, 2017).
Así lo establece un documento no publicado del Sistema de Alertas Tempranas de la Defensoría del Pueblo
“Mas de 280 Organizaciones Sociales Solicitan Que Todd Howland se Quede en Colombia” (El Espectador (Colombia), March 22, 2017).
Argumentan que el actual Alto Comisionado de Nacionales Unidas para los Derechos Humanos es una figura garante para la implementación eficaz de los acuerdos con las Farc
Tatiana Duque, “Asi se Resolvieron los Pulsos Alrededor de la Jep (Actualizacion)” (La Silla Vacia (Colombia), March 22, 2017).
Pese a las críticas de la ONG Human Rights Watch y la propia Fiscal de la Corte Penal Internacional, el Congreso aprobó la versión que defendían los militares y el Gobierno
Armando Neira, “Mitos y Verdades de la Bonanza de la Coca en Colombia” (El Tiempo (Colombia), March 22, 2017).
Son contados los profesionales que se dedican a estudiarla en el escritorio y en el terreno. Uno de ellos es Daniel Mauricio Rico Valencia, exasesor de políticas antinarcóticos del Ministerio de Defensa
El Salvador
Hector Silva Avalos, Mimi Yagoub, “Colombian Cocaine Seizure Puts Texis Cartel on Central American Drug Trafficking Map” (InsightCrime, March 22, 2017).
The connection between the Texis Cartel and El Fantasma’s organization could also imply that Salvadoran transporters have never stopped acting as middlemen in drug trafficking between Colombian suppliers and larger groups
Honduras
Steven Dudley, “Another Day, Another Damning Testimony of Elites by Honduras Trafficker” (InsightCrime, March 22, 2017).
A confessed drug trafficker from Honduras implicated the brother of current Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández in his criminal enterprise, the latest in a series of accusations
Mexico
Meghan Keneally, Jessica Hopper, “Trump’s Us-Mexico Border Wall Gives Arizona Town a Sense of Worry and Hope” (ABC News, March 22, 2017).
The fact that security problems along the border are getting attention at all is enough to garner Ladd’s support, even if he doesn’t love the solutions that Trump proposes
Gloria Leticia DÍaz, “Familiares de Victimas Exigen Que se Apruebe Ley de Desaparicion Forzada” (Proceso (Mexico), March 22, 2017).
Se manifestaron para demandar que se les brinde “el derecho a la verdad” para reconocer la actual situación de crisis humanitaria por la que atraviesa el país
Jesús Aranda, “La Jornada: Fuerzas Armadas No Violan Derechos Humanos: Sedena” (La Jornada (Mexico), March 22, 2017).
Retó a los ‘‘actores sociales’’ que tengan pruebas en contra de soldados que hayan vulnerado las garantías fundamentales a que las presenten para que sean investigadas, porque son ‘‘injurias y ofensas’’
Joshua Partlow, “U.S.-Mexico Security Cooperation Is at a Historic High. Will That Change Under Trump?” (The Washington Post, March 22, 2017).
While existing programs have not stopped, the Mexican government is reviewing how security cooperation could change in the event that President Trump pushes forward with policies that harm this country
Rep. Martha Mcsally (R-Arizona), Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas), “Reps. Mcsally and Hurd Call on Dhs to Substantiate Funding Request for Border Wall” (U.S. House of Representatives, March 22, 2017).
The two lawmakers, whose districts collectively represent 880 miles— nearly half— of the U.S-Mexico border, seek specific details of the location of the proposed wall, definitions of adequate natural barriers, and a breakdown of the investments
Nicaragua
Luis Eduardo Martinez, “Ejercito Mata al Rearmado Santiago Palacios en Ayapal” (La Prensa (Nicaragua), March 22, 2017).
El líder de una agrupación presuntamente alzada en armas contra el inconstitucional gobierno de Daniel Ortega, murió este lunes en un intercambio de disparos
Venezuela
“Report Charts Evolution and Militarization of Venezuela’s Drug Trade” (InsightCrime, March 22, 2017).
Along with other incidents of military involvement, these suspicions have strengthened the notion that Venezuela’s armed forces have deepened their role in the drug trade beyond being simple facilitators
Fabiola Sanchez , “Venezuela’s Socialist Leaders Seize Bakeries in ‘Bread War’” (Associated Press , March 22, 2017).
Within hours of the takeover, new young, dreadlocked and tattooed shopkeepers took down the Mansion’s Bakery sign outside and hung up photos of President Nicolas Maduro
Western Hemisphere Regional
Tracy Wilkinson, “U.S. Skips Regional Human Rights Panel Examining Reports of Abuse by U.S. Officials” (The Los Angeles Times, March 22, 2017).
*No U.S. official attended Tuesday’s hearing, which examined Trump’s executive actions to restrict the admission of refugees and restrict travel *