UNITED STATES: Human rights activist Kerry Kennedy said she
was not permitted to meet with ten Venezuelan men sent by the U.S. government
to a prison in El Salvador, who she is representing legally. She said the
Salvadoran government denied her access to meet with her clients, reports Reuters.
At the same press conference, Cristosal, a prominent human
rights group in El Salvador that has documented systematic abuses under
President Nayib Bukele’s security crackdown, announced it is legally
accompanying 140 of the migrants deported by the U.S. to El Salvador’s maximum
security CECOT prison.
Cristosal head Noah Bullock said about 40 percent of the
migrants had some form of legal protection in the U.S. — but that they are in a
judicial black hole in El Salvador. Cristosal has presented 39 habeas corpus
requests before El Salvador’s Constitutional Court. (EFE)
In parallel to the Kennedy-Cristosal press conference,
Salvadoran police raided Cristosal’s offices. “It is not an isolated incident,
and forms part of the current context of authoritarianism and shutdown of
democratic spaces in El Salvador,” denounced Cristosal. (See also La Prensa Gráfica.)
Kennedy said the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights group will
report to the United Nations and the Inter-American Human Rights Commission on
the human rights situation in El Salvador. (EFE)
Mexico
- Mexican
President Claudia Sheinbaum’s popularity has surpassed that of her
predecessor: 67% of Mexicans hold a positive image of Sheinbaum, according
to a new AtlasIntel survey. While about 80% of Mexicans believe U.S.
tariffs have hurt the economy, roughly three-quarters say they are
confident Sheinbaum will be able to negotiate new agreements to reduce
them, reports Bloomberg.
- Mexico
has agreed to send water to the United States and temporarily channel more
water to the country from their shared rivers — the concession appeared to
defuse a diplomatic crisis, and yet more Trump tariff threats, reports
the New York Times.
Panama
- Panamanian
construction and teacher unions have been on strike for days. Yesterday
security forces clashed with anti-government protesters who demonstrated
against the Mulino administration’s social security reforms and his
memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Trump administration. (Estrella de Panama, El Ciudadano)
Peru
- China's
Guangzhou Port opened a direct route to Chancay port in Peru today,
reports Reuters.
Brazil
- A
woman who wrote on a statue using lipstick during unrest in Brazil’s
capital in 2023 has been jailed for 14 years, reports the BBC.
Haiti
- Gangs
killed at least four people in the latest attack in Haiti’s central
region, including an 11-year-old child, reports the Associated Press. At least 15 other people were
injured by gunfire, and more than a dozen homes were burned in Petite
Rivière, where fighting started last Thursday.
Trinidad and Tobago
- The
Trinbagonian opposition seems to have won a decisive victory in
yesterday’s parliamentary election. The win by the centrist United
National Congress party would mean that Kamla Persad-Bissessar will be
appointed as the next prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, reports
the BBC.
Venezuela
- Zombie
or phantom ships, which take on the identities of scrapped tankers to
appear legitimate and avoid scrutiny from authorities in the U.S. and
elsewhere are increasingly popping up in Venezuela’s oil trade, following
new U.S. sanctions on countries importing oil from the South American
country, reports Bloomberg.
Argentina
- Argentina’s
government released a trove of previously unseen documentation regarding
Nazi criminals in Argentina. Presidential decrees that were also
classified are now available for all to read, reports the Buenos Aires Herald.
- U.S.
Southern Command Chief Admiral Alvin Holsey arrived in Argentina for a
three-day visit to strengthen bilateral defense and security cooperation,
reports Mercopress.
Bolivia
- Bolivia's
ruling MAS party nominated President Luis Arce as its candidate for
August’s general election, though polling overwhelming suggests he will
lose, reports AFP.
- Now
our News Segment called ICE ON YOU, reporting the reports about the
immigration crackdown by the Trump administration
· President
Donald Trump is not ruling out the potential for U.S. citizens to be mistakenly deported,
asserting that "homegrowns are next" as his administration persists
with its contentious deportation policies.
· In a
recent interview with The Atlantic, Trump seemed to concede that U.S. citizens could inadvertently
be deported. When questioned about the possibility of the administration
erroneously deporting an American citizen or the wrong individual, Trump
responded, "Let me tell you that nothing will ever be perfect in this
world."
- Avelo
Airlines has entered into a controversial agreement with US immigration
authorities to operate deportation flights, sparking protests from coast
to coast. Activists, legal organizations, and local communities are
mobilizing against the carrier’s role in deportations. The controversy
reflects a broader reckoning with the US’s long and bipartisan history of
immigration enforcement.
· Avelo
Airlines provided air transport for the Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign
among other ventures. Current CEO and former United Airlines CFO Andrew Levy
acquired the carrier in 2021, renamed it Avelo, and expanded from charter
flights to low-cost commercial operations.
· Avelo
Airlines provided air transport for the Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign
among other ventures. Current CEO and former United Airlines CFO Andrew Levy
acquired the carrier in 2021, renamed it Avelo, and expanded from charter
flights to low-cost commercial operations.
·
· Over
100 of the illegal immigrants apprehended by federal agencies in a bust of a
Colorado Springs underground night club over the weekend remained in custody as
of Monday night.
· The
operation, led by the Drug Enforcement Agency, led to 114 initial arrests, with
105 of those still in custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, CBS News Colorado reported. ICE
did not immediately respond to The Center Square’s request for comment on
Tuesday.
· More
than 300 law enforcement personnel from several agencies and local law
enforcement aided in the operation, which also led to seizure of drugs and
weapons.
U.S. children deported to Honduras
The U.S. Trump administration removed three children with
U.S. citizenship to Honduras. They were deported with their mothers — lawyers
for the families say they were not given the option to remain in the U.S.,
while government authorities said the mothers requested their children remain
with them.
Both mothers were arrested when checking in with immigration
authorities, and their lawyers said they were not given the opportunity to
challenge the deportations, reports the New York Times.
Activists said the women were held in “complete isolation”
and denied any opportunity to coordinate the care and custody of their children
before being put on a flight.
In one case, a federal district judge raised concerns that
he had a “strong suspicion that the government just deported a US citizen with
no meaningful process,” reports the Guardian.
Even More Deportations
- U.S.
immigration authorities are seeking out unaccompanied immigrant children
in operations nationwide, aimed at deporting them or pursuing criminal
cases against them or adult sponsors sheltering them legally in the US,
reports the Guardian.
- Scores
of Venezuelan migrants in the U.S. have been, essentially, “disappeared”
by the Trump administration. Juanita Goebertus, Human Rights Watch’s
Americas director, told the Guardian that the method of detentions of
Venezuelan migrants, deported with no notification to their families and
then held incomunicado in prisons in third countries, conforms to the
definition of enforced disappearances. It’s a pattern that is particularly
chilling in Latin America, where it echos the modus operandi of the
region’s dictatorships.
- Venezuela's
president Nicolás Maduro accused Washington of committing a crime in the
case of a two-year-old girl separated from her migrant parents, who were
accused of gang membership and deported from the United States without
her, reports AFP.
- Pregnant
women and new mothers are being rounded up in hospitals in the Dominican
Republic and deported back to Haiti — critics say the DR’s policy is
openly cruel, racist and misogynist, reports the Guardian.
Comentarios
Publicar un comentario