Inter-American Watch
Thursday 8/11/2022
Analysis
China’s economic and political engagement in Latin America grew significantly in the first part of the 21st century. And yet, Latin American reporting on China has not grown apace. Too few Latin American journalists cover Chinese activities in the region and even fewer foreign correspondents from Latin America report on developments in China.…Read more >>
Source: usip.org
In Chile, the population that defines itself as indigenous is 12.4%, while in Bolivia it is 62%. However, the proposed Constitution of the Convention is more “radical” in this matter.…Read more >>
Source: ellibero.cl
The new President of Colombia revived a symbol that is tied to Chavismo and Socialism of the 21st Century. Bolívar’s sword and his prominence in the possession of Gustavo Petro has caused an uproar that has reached beyond the Atlantic. The symbol of that weapon, wielded by Simón Bolívar in the wars for Independence in the 19th century, is clear evidence of a cult for one of the most important figures in Latin America.…Read more >>
Source: lahora.com.ec
Bolivia
“The acts of violence that are being generated in the cities of La Paz and Santa Cruz, under the direct responsibility of the government of Luis Arce and Evo Morales, who have once again decided to use violence and intimidation as forms of management,” with those words The Citizen Community holds the current president and the leader of the coca growers responsible for the events recorded since Monday.…Read more >>
Source: eju.tv
The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) expressed its concern on Wednesday about “a campaign of economic suffocation and political pressure” denounced by Editorial Canelas S.A., the company responsible for the Bolivian newspaper Los Tiempos de Cochabamba.…Read more >>
Source: swissinfo.ch
Several people were injured this Monday in the Bolivian cities of La Paz and Santa Cruz as a result of anti-government protests that included harsh street clashes. In Santa Cruz, eastern Bolivia, opposing sides clashed while trying to unblock streets that had been taken over by protesters.…Read more >>
Source: perfil.com
Brazil
Consumer prices in Brazil fell 0.68% per month in July, the largest drop since the beginning of the historical series in 1980, with which they accumulated 10.07% in 12 months, the official statistics institute (IBGE) reported on Tuesday. ).…Read more >>
Source: infobae.com
Colombia
Since his election, the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, outlined his government’s team, with the appointment of several ministers.…Read more >>
Source: cnnespanol.cnn.com
Cuba
Cuban activists and prisoners of conscience Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara and Maykel Castillo Pérez “El Osorbo” will be tried next week, sources close to both reported Monday. Other activists and NGOs criticized the trial of the two Cuban dissidents, such as the senior researcher for the Americas of Human Rights Watch (HRW), Juan Pappier, who described the judicial process as a “farce”.…Read more >>
Source: radiotelevisionmarti.com
The Antonio Guiteras Thermoelectric Power Plant, one of the largest in Cuba, was once again disconnected from the island’s electrical system in less than 24 hours due to lack of water for cooling. The state company Unión Eléctrica indicated in a statement that “as soon as any impact is planned, it will be communicated in a timely manner.”…Read more >>
Source: infobae.com
That figure corresponds to the period between August 2021 and July of this year. Last month, 1,002 detainees were reported for political reasons, of which 38 were minors …Read more >>
Source: infobae.com
Economy
President Gabriel Boric was “available” to address the idea of a single currency for Latin America. The president’s statements were issued after the bilateral meeting he held with Gustavo Petro, ruler of Colombia.…Read more >>
Source: infobae.com
Interamerican Institute for Democracy
They are public and notorious facts that the regimes of Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia and Nicaragua commit State terrorism, crimes against humanity, institutionalized violation of human rights, corruption and operate as narco-states. It is proven by the objective reality of each of these countries with political prisoners and exiles, persecuted and condemned by their dictatorial justice. The oppressors have impunity to hold power indefinitely in a region where “democracy is a right of the people”, but where the fight against dictatorships has fake friends and real enemies.…Read more >>
Source: intdemocratic.org
Indigenism does not defend the indigenous, it uses them as a chess pawn. The lefties need them to come to power and, in this way, suck from the enormous public spending.…Read more >>
Source: intdemocratic.org
Nicaragua
The NGTV channel denounced this Wednesday that Channel 3, which broadcast in the municipality of Nueva Guinea, in the southeast of Nicaragua, was taken off the air by order of the Nicaraguan Institute of Telecommunications and Post Office (Telcor), bringing the number to 11 of media outlets canceled in the last two weeks by the Daniel Ortega dictatorship.…Read more >>
Source: infobae.com
The persecution of Christians has been a common occurrence across much of the Middle East and China, but an equally virulent persecution is taking place not far from American shores with minimal global attention. Nowhere is this more evident than under the regime of Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega.…Read more >>
Source: heritage.org
Peru
According to the thesis of the Public Ministry, the president led a structure that had as lieutenants the current Minister of Transport, Geiner Alvarado, and the mayor of Anguia, Neil Medina. On the other hand, the figureheads would have been Yenifer Paredes and two of her brothers, as well as the businessmen Hugo and Anggi Espino. …Read more >>
Source: infobae.com
The Peruvian justice ordered this Tuesday the detention for 10 days of President Pedro Castillo’s sister-in-law, Yenifer Paredes, after the prosecution opened an investigation against her for allegedly integrating a criminal network in which she would have participated as an intermediary.…Read more >>
Source: infobae.com
Venezuela
On Saturday, August 6, the Russian soldiers who will participate in the “military games and exercises” (Army Games) began to arrive at the Jacinto Lara airport in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, along with China, Iran, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Myanmar, Abkhazia, among others. other countries. Photos and videos of the arrival of these soldiers circulated widely on social networks and on Venezuelan information portals.…Read more >>
Source: gaceta.es
The dictator of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, asked this Monday, between shouts and rudeness, for the support of the social, union and political movements of “patriotic Argentina” and “Peronist” for the recovery of the Venezuelan-Iranian plane that is held in that South American country since last June, as well as for the release of its crew.…Read more >>
Source: infobae.com
For the head of the delegation of the Nicolás Maduro regime at the negotiating table, Jorge Rodríguez, the retention of the aircraft, which is being investigated for links to terrorism, is “a vulgar kidnapping” and he threatened to take the case to court. international…Read more >>
Source: infobae.com
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Tuesday ordered his Defense Minister, Vladimir Padrino López, to “immediately” restore Venezuela’s military relations with neighboring Colombia. As confirmed by the press service of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB), the minister has received “instructions” from President Maduro to “immediately establish contact with the Colombian Ministry of Defense to reestablish relations ……Read more >>
Source: europapress.es
