Inter-American Watch
Thursday 10/20/2022
Analysis
Now, the dissident factions of the FARC, known collectively as the ex-FARC Mafia, and the last remaining national insurgency in the country, the National Liberation Army (ELN), are not only stationing their forces and sheltering their leaders in Venezuela, but also control drug trafficking routes, illegal mining operations and other criminal economies on Venezuelan soil. They fill their ranks with Venezuelan recruits, create support networks among the Venezuelan population, position themselves as de facto authorities in Venezuelan communities abandoned or neglected by the state, and clash over resources and territory.…Read more >>
Source: es.insightcrime.org
Bolivia
Bolivians paid almost USD 1.5 million for accommodation and food. The annual cost of the academic year for each student was USD 17,000, plus another USD 1,000 for registration. The scholarships were to study medicine on the island.…Read more >>
Source: infobae.com
The State owes the pension funds, currently managed by the AFPs, close to 7,000 million dollars, which have been invested in various instruments issued by state entities. An expert sees risks in this practice since, by law, these values are not subject to the limits that must be met with private issues.…Read more >>
Source: paginasiete.bo
Colombia
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“We must be very careful that total peace does not equal total impunity,” said former Colombian President Ivan Duque on Tuesday in reference to current President Gustavo Petro’s plan to promote the agreement signed with the FARC guerrillas, which includes other armed groups such as the ELN.…Read more >>
Source: elamerican.com
Coca leaf crops increased substantially in Colombia in 2021 and reached the historical level of 204,000 hectares planted, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) revealed on Thursday. planted area was 43%, thus exceeding the 143,000 hectares registered in 2020 and the highest point in the historical series that had been documented so far in 2017, with 171,000 hectares.…Read more >>
Source: diariolasamericas.com
Cuba
According to the data collected by the OCDH from interviews with 1,227 Cubans in 59 municipalities of 14 of the 16 provinces of the Island, more than 72% of Cubans live below the poverty line and only 14 % of these people expect their personal situation to improve in the near future.…Read more >>
Source: diariolasamericas.com
Cuba was the country in the Americas with the least internet freedom and fourth in the world list of 70 nations, according to the “Freedom on the Net 2022” ranking, prepared by the non-governmental organization Freedom House……Read more >>
Source: diariolasamericas.com
The non-governmental organization Human Right Watch (HRW) denounced the violation of the rights of 11J prisoner Andy García Lorenzo, who is serving a four-year sentence in the Santa Clara prison.…Read more >>
Source: cibercuba.com
The dictatorship of Miguel Díaz-Canel dismissed the Cuban Minister of Energy and Mines, Liván Arronte, on Monday in the midst of the national energy crisis that has been causing long daily blackouts for months throughout the island.…Read more >>
Source: infobae.com
Haiti
Haiti’s government is pleading with the international community to send forces as the country’s humanitarian crisis deepens. NPR’s Leila Fadel talks to Jacqueline Charles of the Miami Herald.…Read more >>
Source: npr.org
Interamerican Institute for Democracy
The world lacks good international governance, and an important part of the problem is due to the great paradox of the 21st century, since the architecture of world organizations is in the hands of institutions that correspond to another historical era. Indeed, we live in the era known as globalization, while most of the organisms that govern the planet were created at the end of the Second World War and the subsequent Cold War. Even more, those of a financial order created in more recent dates, do not alter and on the contrary confirm what has been said, since they operate either within institutions created at that time or that function with that logic of power.…Read more >>
Source: intdemocratic.org
Latin America
On World Nature Protection Day, a recent WWF report warned about the effects of climate change and deforestation. Among the most affected areas are the tropical regions of Latin America and the Caribbean…Read more >>
Source: infobae.com
Nicaragua
Relatives of prisoners on hunger strike claim that Daniel Ortega’s regime keeps them incommunicado with their families as “part of the psychological torture”…Read more >>
Source: diariolasamericas.com
The Public Ministry of Nicaragua accused the priest Benito Enrique Martínez for the alleged crime of conspiracy to undermine national integrity in a contest of false news to the detriment of the Nicaraguan State, the Judicial Power reported this Wednesday.…Read more >>
Source: elamerican.com
Nicaragua – Opinion
Under the pretext of poverty reduction, disaster relief and small business support, international financial institutions including the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank have loaned at least $1.2 billion to the Ortega government since 2018…Meanwhile , the humanitarian situation in Nicaragua has crumbled. Ortega and his wife and second-in-command, Rosario Murillo, have killed, jailed, and exiled their political opponents, eradicated independent media, and clamped down on civil society, shuttering hundreds of NGOs, schools, and churches.…Read more >>
Source: english.elpais.com
Peru
According to a statement from a new effective collaborator, the head of state, together with Benji Espinoza and Eduardo Pachas, among others, coordinated in the Palace to spread the false thesis of Patricia Benavides and news against her. They were also aware of the dismissal of a minister. …Read more >>
Source: peru21.pe
The Secretary General, Luis Almagro, has called an emergency session of the Permanent Council to analyze a request that seeks to activate articles 17 and 18 that refer to situations in which democracy in a country is at risk.…Read more >>
Source: infobae.com
United States
US prosecutors on Wednesday indicted five Russian nationals and two traders at Venezuela’s state oil company, Petróleos de Venezuela, on sanctions evasion and other charges in a scheme to ship Venezuelan crude to Russian and Chinese buyers.…Read more >>
Source: infobae.com
The lawyers of Alex Saab, the figurehead of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro who is imprisoned in the US, made an unusual mistake in the last few hours. Seeking to add arguments in his favor, they exhibited the supposed diplomatic passport that the businessman had at the time of his arrest. However, when comparing this document with the claim made by the Chavista dictatorship to Cape Verde, it appears that their numbers do not match: the one shown by their lawyers ends in 8063, while the one recorded by Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza is 146601956.…Read more >>
Source: infobae.com
Venezuela
The tragedy in Las Tejerías exposed, once again, the abandonment and negligence by the dictatorship of Nicolás Maduro that the Venezuelan people have suffered for years. The landslides left at least 50 dead and dozens missing. With the passing of days, and while the recovery work continues, details and complaints that point directly against the dictator and his entourage began to be known. In an article published on The EL News portal, Luis Velázquez Alvaray targeted Nicolás Maduro Guerra, the son of the tyrant, for his involvement in the illegal exploitation of nickel that would have aggravated the tragedy caused by the intense rains.…Read more >>
Source: infobae.com
