Inter-American Watch
Thursday 10/27/2022
Analysis
Mexico, despite its integration with the economy of the United States, as well as its historic distrust for and structural competition with the People’s Republic of China (PRC), is pursuing policies that are expanding options for that country, causing serious strategic implications for the United States and the region.…Read more >>
Source: dialogo-americas.com
EU reports give an account of the collaboration between European and Mexican drug traffickers. From Latin America, criminals would be teaching about production techniques, especially in the Netherlands. …Read more >>
Source: dw.com
Argentina
Mauricio Claver-Carone, former president of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), described the government of Alberto Fernández as a «gang of three friends», when speaking of the conflictive relationship he had with the Argentine representatives during his administration at the head of the financial institution.…Read more >>
Source: infobae.com
“Deep macroeconomic imbalances”. «Highly constrained liquidity position.» Problems for «the ability to repay» commitments in foreign currency in the coming years. Increasing “risks” of a credit “episode”. These are some of the factors that make up the gloomy scenario of a Wall Street risk rating agency, which today gave Argentine debt a thumbs down and downgraded its rating.…Read more >>
Source: lanacion.com.ar
Bolivia
The Arce government seeks to delay registration so that the new redistribution of seats in the Legislative Branch does not undermine its political strength in the 2025 presidential elections.…Read more >>
Source: infobae.com
Three years after the failed 2019 elections, analysts stated that the MAS seeks to «cover up» the evidence of fraud to «clean the image» of its leader, Evo Morales, who aims to be a candidate again in the 2025 elections. The most relevant document on the irregularities in the 2019 elections is the Analysis of Electoral Integrity prepared by the Organization of American States (OAS) at the request of the Government of Evo Morales.…Read more >>
Source: lostiempos.com
The power of Brazilian gangs and local crime clans, coupled with struggling government policies, have led to Bolivia’s cocaine trade rising steadily in recent years. And Bolivia’s legal coca market is not enough to counter the international demand for cocaine and the violence that accompanies it. Incidents have been adding up. From January to September, at least 29 people have been brutally killed in Bolivia, most of them in connection with the drug trade, according to police sources quoted by the Bolivian newspaper Página Siete.…Read more >>
Source: insightcrime.org
Colombia
The president shared a minute and a half of a sadly famous interview between former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa and journalist Ana Pastor. The interview took place in March 2011, in one of the broadcasts of the TVE program Los poetas, which at that time was directed by Pastor. The journalist asked him about the siege he exerted against the press, even years before the Organic Law of Communication was enacted in Ecuador, which was widely criticized by international organizations such as the Organization of American States (OAS).…Read more >>
Source: infobae.com
Through a letter dated Monday, October 24, 2022, Human Rights Watch (HRW) referred to the reestablishment of diplomatic relations that took place between Colombia, headed by the government of Gustavo Petro, and Venezuela, under the administration of Nicholas Maduro. The letter, addressed to the national president, evidences the invitation made by that body so that the leader of the Historical Pact, in the midst of the process of recovering the relationship with the neighboring country, does not forget how necessary it is to maintain the focus on the crisis humanitarian and human rights that is lived in Venezuela.…Read more >>
Source: infobae.com
Ecuador
Santos assured that it was impossible to request the participation of the Ecuadorian government because “the FARC were already under the authorization of (Rafael) Correa. Correa knew that the FARC were there (in Angostura). If we told Correa that we were going to bomb, then Correa warned them beforehand. So there was no such possibility.» During the attack, known militarily as Operation Fénix and led by the Colombian Air Force in a jungle area called Angostura, in the Ecuadorian province of Sucumbíos, the commander of the armed terrorist group, Édgar Devia alias Raúl Reyes, was killed, along with 4 Mexican students from the Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Lucia Morett survived and today is wanted by Interpol for extradition purposes to Colombia. It was later confirmed that Ella Morett participated in the II Bolivarian Congress of political organizations related to the FARC held in Quito in February 2008, where the Mexican released a video about her ties to the narco-terrorist organization.…Read more >>
Source: infobae.com
Interamerican Institute for Democracy
In October 2019 there was an explosion of enormous magnitude, a mixture of social demands and violence, where churches, Metro stations, transport buses and shops were destroyed. Not only that, but he had support, appreciation and validation in the media and political groups, with tributes that brought the Congress to the front line of the barricades. Even in court, since clandestine torture centers were invented. The government did not know how to react and the police were overwhelmed. The collapse of public order led to a negotiation and an unexpected political solution, a Convention that would propose a new Constitution for Chile, whose culmination was the plebiscite of September 4, where almost 62% (61.87%) of the voters rejected the proposal. …Read more >>
Source: intdemocratic.org
The Cuban director, Lilo Vilaplana, recently announced that he had finished shooting the film “Plantada”, a more than necessary historical document, which will do justice to the thousands of Cuban women who have been and are in prison for their fight for freedom and democracy on the Island. Vilaplana, made a fundamental contribution to the historiography of Cuba when he filmed the epic film “Plantados”, which reflects the cruelty of the Castro prison system and the insanity of the jailers who apply the rules of insular totalitarianism, a work that shows in turn , the patriotism of political prisoners.…Read more >>
Source: intdemocratic.org
Mexico
López Obrador has sometimes said during his speeches that he supports «real» journalists, but not those who according to him earn millions working for opponents of his government…López Obrador has sometimes said during his speeches that he supports the «real» journalists, but not the ones he claims make millions working for opponents of his government.…Read more >>
Source: vozdeamerica.com
Nicaragua
The president of the United Nations Human Rights Committee, Photini Pazartzis, said that the situation in Nicaragua «has been deteriorating very seriously.» Source: The Epoch Times in Spanish…Read more >>
Source: es.theepochtimes.com
Through presidential agreement number 151-2022, the Sandinista president decided to grant «full powers» to his ambassador to the Russian Federation so that -acting on behalf of and on behalf of the Government of Nicaragua- sign that agreement, according to the Official Gazette. .…Read more >>
Source: dw.com
Daniel Ortega has been in power for five terms and 15 years in Nicaragua, who, together with his wife – Vice President Rosario Murillo – lead a «dictatorship» as President Boric himself has defined it. More than 200 political prisoners are reported, including seven former presidential candidates.…Read more >>
Source: ellibero.cl
Peru
Due to the seriousness of the crimes charged to them by the Special Team of Prosecutors against the Corruption of Power (organized crime, influence peddling and collusion), Judge Víctor Zúñiga imposed 30 months of preventive detention against the financiers of Pedro Castillo’s presidential campaign , Salatiel Marrufo Alcántara and Abel Cabrera Fernández. Also for Biberto Castillo, former adviser to the head of state.…Read more >>
Source: larepublica.pe
Visibly nervous about the progress of the tax investigations and especially about the constitutional complaint filed by the Attorney General before Congress, Pedro Castillo now resorts to the Organization of American States (OAS) accusing the opposition and the press of organizing a «plot» to provoke «a type of new coup d’état in Peru». Faced with this situation, the OAS met last Thursday and issued a very benevolent statement in which it expressed its «solidarity and support» for the Castillo government and for «democratic institutions.» In addition, he announced the sending of a mission to Peru to «analyze the situation» and «promote dialogue and the strengthening of its democratic system of government».…Read more >>
Source: libertaddigital.com
Spain
The Third Section of the Criminal Chamber of the National Court has rejected the appeal filed by Juan Carlos Monedero and the Prosecutor’s Office against the decision of Judge Manuel García Castellón to open a new line of investigation for money laundering against the co-founder of Podemos. Thus, it gives the green light to the Central Court of Instruction number 6 to continue with the investigations regarding the payment of 425,000 euros that it would have received from Ramón Gordils, president of the Foreign Trade Bank (BACOEX) and representative of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the Executive Board of Banco del Alba.…Read more >>
Source: abc.es
