Inter-American Watch
Thursday 5/19/2022
Bolivia
The former president and head of the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS), Evo Morales, affirmed this Tuesday that leaving the Organization of American States (OAS) “is an act of dignity” and thanked the governments of Russia and Venezuela for inviting him to analyze the situation. worldwide.…Read more >>
Source: paginasiete.bo
Colombia
On the afternoon of this Thursday, May 12, the Court of Justice and Peace of Medellin began the reading of the first sentence against former members of the former FARC guerrilla. One of the first conclusions of this ruling was that the insurgent group financed itself illegally through kidnapping for ransom and drug trafficking. The reading of the sentence, which is made up of 5,579 pages, will continue until May 24.…Read more >>
Source: infobae.com
Andrés Pastrana, former president of Colombia, assured today that drug trafficking in the nation he governed is managed by the Mexican cartels. “In Colombia, today drug trafficking is handled by the Mexican cartels, it is not handled by the Colombian cartels. The traffic to the United States comes through Mexico and all the traffic to Europe goes through Venezuela, that is what happens,” said the former president. after meeting with leaders of the National Action Party (PAN).…Read more >>
Source: politica.expansion.mx
Petro joined the April 19 Movement at the age of 18. Known as M-19, the group was part of the so-called second wave of guerrilla movements in the country that grew throughout the region in the 1970s, influenced by the Cuban Revolution.…Read more >>
Source: cnnespanol.cnn.com
In an interview with Caracol Radio’s 6AM, Luis Felipe Henao, head of debate for presidential candidate Federico Gutiérrez, assured that especially in 4 departments, armed groups and other figures force the rural population to vote for Gustavo Petro.…Read more >>
Source: caracol.com.co
Cuba
The executive director of Human Rights Watch (HRW), Kenneth Roth, said that Cuba is in the group of countries where power is exercised “with the barrel of the gun.” In an interview granted to the EFE agency, as a result of announcing his departure from the NGO he has led for almost 30 years, Roth mentioned Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua as a group of Latin American countries where the rulers have lost all popular support…Read more >>
Source: radiotelevisionmarti.com
Ecuador
Prior to the 2014 sectional elections, former Vice President Jorge Glas met with the then director of the Hydrocarbon Regulation and Control Agency (ARCH), José Luis Cortázar, to make some requests. The video of the appointment made in the Vice Presidency of the Republic was revealed by the investigative portal Vidrio Vidrio on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. At that time, the Alianza PAIS ruling movement was seeking to capture votes in the electoral campaign, so Glas he explicitly asked Cortázar to eliminate restrictions on the sale of explosives to miners, as well as the relaxation of rules for the sale of fuel in border provinces.…Read more >>
Source: vistazo.com
Guatemala
This Monday, the President of Guatemala, Alejandro Giammattei, appointed María Consuelo Porras as Attorney General of Guatemala for a new period of four years. A few years ago, he had even considered her “great friend of hers” to her. In September 2021, Porras was included by the United States government on the Engel List, which sanctions characters from the Northern Triangle for acts of corruption or coups against democracy. According to the US State Department, she “obstructed corruption investigations by interfering with criminal investigations”.…Read more >>
Source: elsalvador.com
Hemispheric Security
The former head of the United States Southern Command, Craig Faller, said on Wednesday that China is “the main threat to democracy and freedom” today, during his participation in a panel on the future of the Armed Forces in America. Latina of the 7th Annual Conference on Hemispheric Security.…Read more >>
Source: infobae.com
Interamerican Institute for Democracy
The draft already has 499 articles, making it perhaps the largest in the world, more than that of India and its one billion inhabitants. All that is missing is the harmonization commission to ensure internal coherence and will be ready before the deadline, so that it is the electorate that decides for the approval or rejection on 4 September.…Read more >>
Source: intdemocratic.org
One thing is for sure, however, that if dictatorships make it to the 9th Summit of the Americas, it will only be to sabotage it from within.…Read more >>
Source: intdemocratic.org
Latin America
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The persistent failure of the United States to help democracies in Latin America to deliver for their people has contributed to multiple democratic failures in the region, opening doors to repressive populists and weakening U.S. influence. Malign external actors like China and Russia exploit those democratic failures and reinforce authoritarian tendencies.…Read more >>
Source: theglobalamericans.org
China”s multimillion-dollar loans to Latin American governments have come to a standstill. No new state-to-state loans have been issued over the past two years. According to experts, however, China has instead prioritized commercial loans for its companies” projects in the region.…Read more >>
Source: voanews.com
Mexico
The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) described the panorama of regional journalism as bleak due to the climate of violence with attacks, harassment, stigmatization and murders. Jorge Canahuati, president of the IAPA, stated in an interview with Carmen Aristegui that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is “intolerant” of the press and “stigmatizes” the work of journalism.…Read more >>
Source: cnnespanol.cnn.com
After Ukraine, Mexico is considered the most dangerous country in the world to work as a journalist, according to a recent report by the international human rights organization Human Rights Watch. So far this year, the murders of 11 communicators have been recorded: José Luis Gamboa, Margarito Martínez, Lourdes Maldonado, Roberto Toledo, Heber López, Jorge Camero, Armando Linares, Juan Carlos Muñiz, Luis Enrique Ramírez, Yesenia Mollinedo and Sheila Garcia.…Read more >>
Source: eleconomista.com.mx
Nicaragua
Health sources in Nicaragua denounce that the government of Daniel Ortega has been applying batches of Sputnik Light and Pfizer vaccines that expired at the beginning of the year.…Read more >>
Source: elnacional.com
The Police, under the control of Daniel Ortega, maintain 28 opponents, activists and human rights defenders in the Directorate of Judicial Assistance (DAJ), known as “El Nuevo Chipote” in Managua. All have already been sentenced for the alleged crimes of “undermining national integrity” and “cybercrimes” contemplated under the laws of Ortega.…Read more >>
Source: articulo66.com
Juan Pablo is a member of a network of armed civilians whom many call paramilitaries and which works parallel to the National Police in Nicaragua, according to this investigation by La Prensa and CONNECTAS. His objective is to persecute and capture Nicaraguans who oppose Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, explains Juan Pablo.…Read more >>
Source: connectas.org
Peru
A former member of the armed forces in the VRAEM, who requested anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the press, said that Castillo lacks the political power to promote this policy of buying coca. But he warns that the confluence of this type of policy with the demilitarization of the VRAEM and the suspension of coca eradication efforts is a dangerous cocktail that could boost drug trafficking. Similarly, Zevallos told InSight Crime that the policy of buying coca from both registered and unregistered growers can result in a coca boom, as people can start growing coca in order to receive subsidies and other government benefits.…Read more >>
Source: es.insightcrime.org
“Pedro Castillo Terrones (…) led, planned and coordinated at the highest level this work with the National Elections Jury, thus undermining democracy, harming Mr. Rafael López Aliaga and Mrs. Keiko Sofía Fujimori, manipulating the will of the people” , mentioned.…Read more >>
Source: infobae.com
Summit of the Americas
Members of the Sao Paulo Forum and the Puebla Group are sabotaging the Summit of the Americas, which will take place June 6-10 in Los Angeles, California.…Read more >>
Source: gaceta.es
Venezuela
Drug trafficking and the alleged participation of the State “have not stopped growing”, to the extent that the country went from being a transit country to one that has already ventured into cocaine production. This was revealed in the most recent report by the NGO Insight Crime.…Read more >>
Source: vozdeamerica.com
“The case of Venezuela is a case where democracy was destroyed from within. Chávez was elected with the vote but once elected he called a constituent that changed the constitution and the institutions in Venezuela. We have always been in the fight against autocracy, ”López said about Hugo Chávez’s mandate and later his continuity with Nicolás Maduro.…Read more >>
Source: radiomitre.cienradios.com
