Interamerican Watch Newsletter - Issue 402
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Inter-American Watch
martes 24/06/2025Argentina
President Javier Milei spoke about the ratification of Cristina Kirchner's conviction in the Vialidad case and ruled out the possibility of a pardon for the former president, who will have to serve a six-year prison sentence and a lifelong ban from holding public office....Read more >>Source: infobae.com
Bolivia
The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) expresses its deep concern about the increase in violence, stigmatization, and restrictions against journalists and media outlets in Bolivia, which represents a serious threat to the constitutional right to freedom of the press. The organization urges the Bolivian government to foster a climate of respect, to cease rhetoric discrediting the press, and to guarantee safe conditions for journalistic practice. ...Read more >>Source: sipiapa.org
Low liquidity in foreign currency and the increasing difficulty in accessing external financing complicate the economic outlook. The Government insists the Legislature approve the stalled US$1.8 billion loans....Read more >>
Source: eldeber.com.bo
Colombia
On the afternoon of June 21, hundreds of citizens filled the La Alpujarra Administrative Center in Medellín, where the national government celebrated the approval of the labor reform, but also aimed to showcase the progress of Urban Peace. ...Read more >>Source: infobae.com
Costa Rica
Roberto Samcam, a retired major in the Nicaraguan Army and a well-known opponent of the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, was murdered Thursday morning by hitmen outside his home in Costa Rica, where he had been living in exile since 2018, according to members of the Nicaraguan community confirmed to local media....Read more >>Source: infobae.com
Cuba
There are more than 1.65 million retirees in Cuba. According to the state press, more than half receive the minimum pension of 1,528 pesos, equivalent to four dollars. Some even receive less. Rosario, 69, receives a checkbook of 1,250 pesos (just over three dollars at the informal market exchange rate) as a social assistance program. Her life is a tragedy. She never quite hits rock bottom....Read more >>Source: diariolasamericas.com
Interamerican Institute for Democracy
By our Director: Luis Gonzales Posada..the UN, which has an annual budget of $4 billion, has been reduced to a label, a letterhead, a logo, and a piece of paper soaked in ink. Inaction opens the door to the destruction of humanity, which has already begun....Read more >>
Source: intdemocratic.org
By our Director: Carlos Sánchez Berzaín
It has assumed—for its own security—the role that corresponds to the United Nations system in the “elimination of threats to peace and suppression of acts of aggression”…it changes global geopolitics and can end the Global War....Read more >>
Source: intdemocratic.org
By our Director: Francisco Santos
Let's not be naive. This is orchestrated, and they want to create chaos that will facilitate the suspension of the elections....Read more >>
Source: intdemocratic.org
Guest Columnist | Pedro Corzo
Everything indicates that the ironclad social control established in Cuba by brothers Fidel and Raúl Castro, inherited by the inept Miguel Díaz-Canel, is crumbling. Although it's fair to say that this is not solely a consequence of the opposition's courage, but rather the chronic inefficiency of a system that has accumulated endless failures and errors over 66 years....Read more >>
Source: intdemocratic.org
Academics and former presidents from the region will participate in the "Rule of Law and Democracy" forum on July 2. The high-profile event, organized by the Interamerican Institute for Democracy, Universidad Austral, the Latin American and Caribbean Center, Florida International University, and Infobae, will be broadcast live by Infobae....Read more >>
Source: infobae.com
Guest Columnist | Hugo Marcelo Balderrama
The solution lies in applying a strategy similar to that used by Alberto Fujimori in Peru or Belisario Antonio Betancur in Colombia, specifically with Pablo Escobar and his associates....Read more >>
Source: intdemocratic.org
Mexico
A drug smuggling tunnel, described as “highly sophisticated,” was discovered and disabled by the United States Border Patrol on the border between Tijuana, Mexico, and the Otay Mesa area of San Diego. California....Read more >>Source: infobae.com
Nicaragua
The murder of retired Sandinista Popular Army Major Roberto Samcam on the morning of Wednesday, June 19, at his residence in San José, Costa Rica, has raised alarm in Nicaraguan exiles, who point to the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo as responsible for the crime. ...Read more >>Source: infobae.com
Venezuela
Conviasa, Venezuela's flagship airline, has begun promoting one of its most ambitious routes to date, which will directly connect South America with Asia via Russia. The company plans to operate flights between Caracas (CCS) and Guangzhou (CAN), with a stop in Moscow (VKO), using its largest-capacity Airbus A340-600 aircraft....Read more >>Source: aviacionline.com
World
The Israeli military on Monday attacked Iran's Evin Prison, a notorious detention center in Tehran that holds dissidents and political prisoners. The detention center has long been considered a symbol of repression, and human rights groups and survivors say torture and executions are routine there. There were no immediate reports of injuries, and Iran said it was still in control of the facility. ...Read more >>Source: eldiariodelnoroeste.mx
Iran and Israel carried out another round of airstrikes and bombings on strategic sites this Saturday, as part of the conflict that has been going on for more than a week and seeks to dismantle the Persian regime's nuclear program and prevent it from acquiring an atomic weapon....Read more >>
Source: infobae.com
On his Truth Social platform, the president wrote that "all planes are now out of Iranian airspace" and that "a full bomb load was dropped on the main facility, Fordow."...Read more >>
Source: prensa-latina.cu