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Stories of the 222 Nicaraguans in exile: Alcides Zeledón, detained for 39 months for giving food to protestors
*Even though Alcides Zeledón received three release orders, the Nicaraguan regime refused to release him from prison until he became part of the 222 exiles. **In an interview with Expediente Público, the former political prisoner said that he “hope(d) for a change soon” in Nicaragua to have “a free homeland.” Expediente Público Alcides Zeledón spent…
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Puma Shen, director of the China Index: “Pekin takes advantage of political corruption in Latin America”
*China seduced Latin American politicians with economic promises and large-scale investments, but China’s current focus is primarily political, according to Puma Chen, the president of the 2022 China Index, in an interview with Expediente Público. **The 2022 China Index reveals that technology plays an important role in Latin America because it is leveraged by the…
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The China Index reveals the Asian giant’s methods of infiltration into society
*The China Index elaborated by the organized Doublethink Lab shows how the People’s Republic of China (PRC) looks to win influence at all levels of society in the countries where it has relationships. **The more emblematic cases in the region reveal a powerful Chinese strategy that penetrates society at the government, academic, telecommunications, and security…
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Armando Chaguaceda: Hondurans should be on alert for future political control of the Citizen Roundtables
*Other mechanisms for citizen participation, such as the Communal Councils in Venezuela, the Popular Councils in Cuba, and the Councils for Citizen Power in Nicaragua, all countries of leftist ideology, work as transmission lines to the Libre Party of the Honduran government. ** “In the case of Honduras, I would ready the alarm bells rather…
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Roundtables for Citizen Participation in Honduras exposed to the virus of political manipulation
*In the case of dictatorships or autocracies, institutions for civic involvement are created by the government to manipulate citizen participation, warned the political scientist and Cuban historian, Armando Chaguaceda. **Nicaraguan expert sees patterns between certain regimens that are showing signs of authoritarianism and the hollowing out of democracy in Central America and beyond. Expediente Público…
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Will the Roundtables for Citizen Participation in Honduras follow the same repressive track record as those in Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua?
*The roundtables for citizen participation could turn into the Revolutionary Defense Councils (CDR in Spanish) in Cuba, Councils of Civic Power (CPC) in Nicaragua and “colectivos” in Venezuela, and local networks espionage and shock troops which attack political opponents. **The abolition of the National Forum for Convergence (FONAC in Spanish) has triggered the Law on…
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Experts ask for direct sanctions against Daniel Ortega and a freezing of the Nicaraguan army’s pension fund investments in the US
*Experts in Latin America who participated in a forum on religious persecution in Nicaragua warn that the goal of the regime is to silence the Catholic Church, the last independent institution in the country. **They point to the importance of reacting to the most recent wave of repression by imposing personal sanctions on Ortega, suspending…
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Extradition: A Powerful, Yet Insufficient Tool to Fight Drug Trafficking in Honduras
*The minister of security, Ramón Sabillón thinks that Honduras should have a treaty in place to fill the gaps in the legal process of extradition of Honduran nationals requested by foreign governments. *According to analysts, extradition is “an instrument of deterrence.” Strengthening the rule of law and institutions is critical to reducing the “extradition party”…
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Extradition in Honduras as a tool for cooperation with the US and a reflection of deficiencies in the Justice System
*So far in 2022, the United States has solicited the extradition of seven Hondurans accused of drug trafficking. However, Honduras has no security strategy or law that regulates these extraditions. Expediente Público From 2014 to July 2022, the Honduran government has handed over a total of 31 Hondurans to the United States (US) under drug…
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Priests detained in Nicaragua: FSLN presses charges, provides legal “assistance,” and issues judgements
*Ex officio attorneys and activists of Daniel Ortega’s political party were assigned to the cases of priests José Leonardo Urbina and Manuel Salvador García, a reflection of human rights violations in the Central American country. Expediente Público The Nicaraguan government, as part of a campaign of political persecution against the Catholic Church in Nicaragua, detained…
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When will the International Commission against Impunity arrive in Honduras?
*The selection of an independent Supreme Court and the reformation and abolition of laws that favor corruption are necessary actions for the International Commission against Impunity to take in Honduras. **The Xiomara Castro administration has not made any advances in the establishment of an International Commission against Impunity in Honduras. The government’s actions in the…
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The US sees no clear signs of combating corruption in Honduras
*The first bad sign was the Amnesty Law, which favored those accused of corrupt acts, according to David Holiday, an American foreign policy analyst for Expediente Público. *Political polarization, lack of transparency in the election of magistrates and the attorney general, and obstacles to investigations on corruption are the elements standing in the way of…
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