…legal protection afforded under Law 900 which comes into play when a case comes before the Constitutional Court and which affords more protection than Law 600, which is the governing law for matters before the Supreme Court. Judge Gloria Stella Ortiz made the decisive vote, and she called for another hearing so another judge could examine if there were violations taking place. Prieto and Esteban identify five consequences this trial might bring….

…n Martín reported in Proceso Magazine of Mexico that García was sent almost 600 miles away from the Mexican Palacio Nacional, home to the offices of the country’s executive branch, to assume a lower-level position. He now oversees the project Agua Saludable para La Laguna in the border region between Durango and Coahuila. Proceso said it is a kind of “political banishment or exile” where he is no longer involved in the project “Comités de Defensa…

…time in which the government is acting on a “policy of death” that has seen 600,000 lives lost to the pandemic. For ​​El Espectador of Bogotá, María José Noriega Ramírez interviewed Carol Pires, a journalist who is part of the podcast Retrato Narrado, which has been investigating the origins and trajectory of President Bolsonaro’s rise to power. The pandemic, pro-gun policies, the lack of food, and the destruction of the Amazon is what has led to…

…ciologist and author Tomás Páez utilized data from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to reach this statistic on Venezuelan refugees. Páez states that Venezuelan migrants have been recorded in regions as far as Africa, but most migrate within the Americas. Peru is the most popular asylum for Venezuelans, followed by the United States, Brazil, and Colombia. Many Venezuelans have found refuge in Argentina, Peru, and Ecuador in the pas…

…servers and insisted that “there is nothing illegal in the constitution of commercial companies in other countries that attract business groups due to their tax advantages,” (while also acknowledging that La Nación participated in the ICIJ’s effort). They also duly noted that “it appears that Argentina is the third country in the world with the most people who own offshore companies; that is, those who usually do not serve to do business in the co…

…arismo and alt-right populism in Brazil, Michele Prado stated, “there will come a moment in which Bolsonaro supporters will think that the President is not sufficiently radical.” Alisson Matos interviewed Prado for CartaCapital Magazine of Brazil about the possibility of an even more fanatical candidate emerging in the post-Bolsonaro era. Prado believes that radical ideology will prevail, stating that the departure of Trump in the US did not resul…

…reported the uncovering of the imminent publication of a new cross-border company scandal that could damage the country’s reputation after the “falsehood” of the so-called Panama Papers. The government of Panama offered the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) “a dialogue to provide critical facts” and accurate information. The ICIJ stated that the investigation, dubbed “Pandora Papers,&…

…a, it was reported that Brazil currently authorizes one per week, but they compromised with two. The foreign ministry stated that the Brazilian government consented on a temporary and conditional basis. The agreement takes effect in October of this year. The objective of the authorization is to reduce the length of stay of Brazilians in American detention centers, especially during the pandemic. According to the article, “The Brazilian government…

…y the system.” This photo is just one of the many photos taken of violence committed against Haitian migrants. Recently, on the Panama-Colombia border, approximately 19,000 Haitians tried to reach the United States on foot. During this journey, ten corpses (including children) were discovered. The subsequent events described reflect a wider global humanitarian crisis and a border spectacle (as representations of violence and the pain of those expe…

…trepreneurs. With a history that spans more than 60 years as an industrial company, Pajarito values products created by Paraguayan hands in support of national values and various communities. Likewise, it also joins the largest campaign to promote Paraguayan industry, “Paraguayan like you,” generated by UIP (Unión Industrial Paraguaya) and CAPASU (Cámara Paraguaya de Supermercados), highlighting Paraguayan values and representing national pride. V…