Interamerican Watch Newsletter - Issue 397
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Inter-American Watch
Thursday 6/5/2025Analysis
The forests of the Peruvian Amazon are not recovering after gold mining, not only because the soil is damaged by toxic metals, but because the land has lost its water resources....Read more >>Source: diariolasamericas.com
Bolivia
The EV members demand the approval of the coca grower leader as a candidate, the resignation of President Luis Arce, and solutions to the high prices of the basic food basket. The Bolivian Drivers' Confederation announced a 24-hour strike with roadblocks for Tuesday, June 3. Members demand solutions to fuel shortages....Read more >>Source: eju.tv
“Bolivia is becoming the new Afghanistan: a sanctuary for drug trafficking penetrated by global organized crime networks, including Islamic terrorism.” The regional security expert spares no adjectives to describe the severity of the current crisis, which could lead to an economic and political collapse with multiple risks for neighboring countries, including Argentina....Read more >>
Source: lanacion.com.ar
Chile
According to Radio Bío Bío, last Friday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio contacted La Moneda to speak with the President. However, according to reports within the Government House, the Executive Branch decided to transfer the matter—through diplomatic channels—to Foreign Minister Alberto van Klaveren. A position that contradicts the official version of the Presidency... Specifically, President Boric announced this Sunday, in his public address, diplomatic and trade measures against Israel....Read more >>Source: biobiochile.cl
Colombia
On the night of Tuesday, June 3, the President of the Republic, Gustavo Petro, announced that he would call a referendum by decree, with which he hopes to endorse the labor reform that was shelved in the Legislature in March. This sparked a political storm because his initiative also failed in Congress in mid-May, and by insisting on it, with four new questions about the health system, he would be violating the separation of powers. ...Read more >>Source: infobae.com
Ecuador
The State Attorney General's Office has identified an alleged money laundering scheme operated by people close to José Adolfo Macías Villamar, alias Fito, leader of the Los Choneros criminal organization. In a hearing held early on the morning of June 3, the Attorney General's Office presented a key report from the Financial and Economic Analysis Unit (UAFE), which links two women to bank deposits totaling more than $2.4 million between 2016 and 2023....Read more >>Source: expreso.ec
Interamerican Institute for Democracy
The Interamerican Institute for Democracy is holding the forum "Cuban Dictatorship: 66 Years of Aggression against Democracies." Part 2, this June 3 at 11:00AM, with live broadcast via YouTube....Read more >>Source: diariolasamericas.com
By our Director: Ricardo Israel
The prospect of Russia accepting the ceasefire offered by the US shouldn't have caused so much excitement, as it was objectively a good deal for them, and where, apparently, President Trump was the first to be surprised....Read more >>
Source: intdemocratic.org
By our Director: Carlos Sánchez Berzaín
With anti-imperialism as its narrative, Cuba's dictatorship has justified the commission, promotion, and coverup of the greatest crimes against its own people, against the peoples of the Americas, and especially against the United States....Read more >>
Source: intdemocratic.org
Mexico
With an estimated citizen turnout of between 12.57% and 13.32% of the electoral roll, Mexico held an unprecedented election on June 1: the first popular vote to renew the judiciary....Read more >>Source: infobae.com
Nicaragua
The Daniel Ortega regime in Nicaragua granted two new mining concessions to Chinese companies this week for the open-pit exploitation of metallic and non-metallic minerals in the Autonomous Region of the North Caribbean Coast, an area inhabited primarily by Miskitu and Mayagna indigenous communities. The concessions total 29,613 hectares and are added to another 19 previously granted to firms from the People's Republic of China, bringing the total number of permits to 21 in the last two years....Read more >>Source: infobae.com
United States
In an announcement that revived one of the signature measures of his first term, US President Donald Trump established a travel ban from 12 countries on Wednesday night, while imposing restrictions on seven others, including Venezuela and Cuba. The measure will take effect early Monday morning....Read more >>Source: lanacion.com.ar
Venezuela
A border dispute between Venezuela and Guyana is turning violent after attacks on Guyanese security forces. Could the regime of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro be using criminal gangs to provoke an international crisis? Essequibo, a region of dense Amazon jungle in Guyana claimed by Venezuela, has become fertile ground for organized crime, further complicating a potentially explosive diplomatic situation....Read more >>Source: insightcrime.org
The NGO Foro Penal reported this Tuesday that Nicolás Maduro's regime is holding 927 people imprisoned for political reasons, according to its latest report. The figure represents an increase of five individuals compared to the previous week, reflecting the ongoing wave of persecution and repression in the country....Read more >>
Source: infobae.com