A Mexican view: authoritarian despair
A column by John Ackerman on the passage of a law in the state of Veracruz punishing the use of social media to spread information if it proves to be false and creates public alarm and disorder. This law was a reaction to the so-called “Twitter Terroists.” Ackerman is a researcher in the Institute for [...]
FARC rebels urged to disarm by Colombian president
One soldier was killed and two more were injured Sunday after simultaneous attacks from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in several towns of Colombia’s southwestern Cauca region. Police said that the soldier died in one of the first attacks in Suarez municipality, where FARC members launched explosive devices against an army vehicle. Blog [...]
MexicoBlog Editorial: why such extreme violence?
My seatmate on the Caravan to the South was a mature woman from Cuernavaca, the birthplace of the Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity. I asked her why she was on the journey. She responded that her son was a school mate and close friend of Juan Francisco, the murdered son of Javier Sicilia, [...]
Two migrants’ rights defenders on Peace Caravan detained by military
Note: Kristin Bricker reports from the peace caravan about the detention of migrants’ rights defenders Fray Tomas Gonzalez and Ruben Figueroa. Although both were subsequently released, they have been given no reason for the detentions. Soldiers and Tabasco State Police detained Fray Tomas Gonzalez outside of Tabasco’s Mesoamerican University. He was detained for three hours [...]
Colombia’s intelligence director facing 25 years in prison
A federal court in Bogota, Colombia, sentenced the disgraced former director of Colombia’s Administrative Department of Security (DAS) on Wednesday to 25 years in prison for his involvement in a number of crimes including murder, abuse of power and conspiracy in major crimes. Following a long and all-encompassing investigation, the Supreme Court of Justice found [...]
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