Xiomara Castro defeated in the Honduran Congress
The message from the president’s partners in the government coalition is clear: governability depends on the stabilization of a coalition that includes the political partners and limits nepotism and unilateral decision-making.
Torture is worsening in Mexico’s prisons
Two and a half years after the new prison authorities took office, the Ministry of the Interior has not even installed the pre-release table, and in different parts of the country, collectives point out that the government has done nothing to change the situation.
Migratory blockade in Mexico strengthens organized crime
La pandemia de Covid-19 no ha desincentivado el cruce de migrantes. La reducción de detenidos en el 2020 se debe más al relativo “relajamiento” de las autoridades migratorias, que a la reducción del paso de migrantes.
Organized crime brings Mexico to its knees
Homicides, which escalated dramatically during the Calderón administration and after a moderation in the first years of Peña Nieto’s term, increased again from 2016 onwards, reached an all-time high in 2019, in the AMLO administration, where they have remained.