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The Impunity Observer is committed to fearless investigative journalism and policy research. Our mission is to foster positive relations between the United States and Latin America. Independent journalism enables common understanding and the rule of law towards trade and economic development.
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Explained: Evidence of Electoral Fraud in Guatemala
In December 2023, the Prosecutor General’s Office in Guatemala announced the 2023 elections were fraudulent. Fergus Hodgson comments on our investigation in the topic, where we explain the irregularities that could invalidate the results and lead to the Guatemalan President's prosecution.
Read the investigation here: https://impunityobserver.com/2024/05/07/explained-evidence-of-electoral-fraud-in-guatemala/ -
Yusuf Amdani on Third-World Business: Build a Nation within a Nation
Yusuf Amdani of Pakistan first visited Honduras in 1990, on the lookout for a textile-factory location. Fast forward 34 years: he is a Honduran citizen and one of the nation’s most prominent, innovative, and successful entrepreneurs with about 10 factories to his name.
Read the full review: https://impunityobserver.com/2024/04/22/yusuf-amdani-build-a-nation-within-a-nation/
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Mexico Is Now a One-Party State
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) spared no expense to support the candidacy of Claudia Sheinbaum. She won the presidential election on June 2, 2024, with 59.5 percent of the votes. AMLO’s political party, Morena, also won two-thirds of the seats at Congress.
For Rafael Ramirez de Alba, an economics professor at the IPADE Business School, AMLO will stay behind the throne, and Morena will seek to apply its agenda through legislative reforms. Priorities include reforming the pension system, completely nationalizing the energy sector, and broadening trade integration with China.
Show notes: https://impunityobserver.com/2024/06/04/mexico-is-now-a-one-party-state/ -
How China Bolstered Influence in Latin America after COVID-19
The Latin American Liberal Network (RELIAL)—which gathers around 50 think tanks and political parties advocating for free markets, the rule of law, and individual rights—has launched a permanent seminar to develop annual in-depth research projects. In 2023, researchers explored the growing influence of China in Latin America.
Santiago Carranco holds a doctorate in international studies from the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences. He is an international-relations professor at the International University of Ecuador and one of the researchers with the RELIAL permanent seminar. In this podcast episode, Carranco discusses the changes to relations between China and small countries, in particular Ecuador and Peru, where he conducted his investigation.
Carranco analyzes how the effects of the pandemic and the measures to curb it provided an opportunity to expand the influence of rising powers such as China. China took advantage of its economic leverage when the United States and Europe experienced economic downturns and inflation to boost its geopolitical positioning in developing countries by furthering diplomatic relations and cooperation.
Show notes: https://impunityobserver.com/2024/05/28/china-bolstered-influence-latin-america-after-covid -
The week US media caught on to State Department criminality in Guatemala
Carlson interviewed former Guatemala Secretary of Intelligence (2016–2020) Mario Duarte about his first-hand experience of the US State Department imposition on Guatemala. Duarte, also a US citizen, said DOS has weaponized the government to force upon allied nations its “ideological projects and socialist narratives.”
Editor-at-Large Steve Hecht comments on the recent coverage of US media on the topic and recommends congressional investigations.
Read the article: https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/05/16/the-week-us-media-caught-on-to-state-department-criminality-in-guatemala-1459802/
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When Moving to El Salvador Is a Win-Win
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has made an intriguing offer: immediate citizenship for 5,000 intellectuals who wish to make the move. Albeit scant on details and merely an X post, his pitch poses a pertinent and fascinating question: when would this make sense for both the host nation and the new arrivals?
Publisher Fergus Hodgson explores the opportunities for foreigners in El Salvador and how the country could benefit from the migration of talented individuals.
Read the article: https://impunityobserver.com/2024/05/14/when-moving-to-el-salvador-is-a-win-win/
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