Deputy Director for Latin America and the Caribbean at the International Crisis Group. Previously at CPPF, SSRC. Ph.D from The New School for Social Research.
Mar 6 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
A quick 🧵on where we are on #Haiti: acting PM Ariel Henry left Port-au-Prince last week to attend a meeting with CARICOM in Guyana and then flew to Nairobi to sign the security agreement with Kenya that the Court asked as a prerequisite for greenlighting the police mission. 1/
Taking advantage of Henry's absence, gangs started what seems to be a coordinated attack against police stations and other state infrastructure. In @CrisisGroup's recent report we flagged the chance of this happening through alliance called Viv Ansanm 2/ crisisgroup.org/latin-america-…
Jul 27, 2022 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
In last 3 months, 500+ people have died in #Haiti as gangs exploit the power vacuum left by the assassination of President Moïse to expand their territorial footprint. In our new @CrisisGroup Q&A we look at what is happening and what has changed. 🧵 1/7
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A two-party gang war on numerous fronts has superseded the old local rivalries, as the G9, headed by former police captain Jimmy “Barbecue” Chérizier, fights the Gpèp, led by Gabriel Jean Pierre, alias “Ti Gabriel” fight for supremacy. 2/7
For those watching #Colombia from afar, it might seem that today's was a win for @petrogustavo, but it is a thin one. Petro did not win in the first round, and the math highly favors Hernandez on second. A short 🧵
Today broke all the molds of how politics had worked- strong partisan support, clientelistic networks, endorsements from political patrons meant little. Strict Uribismo, which had chosen presidents since 2002 failed to win. 2/
May 27, 2022 • 14 tweets • 6 min read
All 👀on #Colombia's presidential vote this #Sunday. An explosive context and very high stakes, which we summarized in this Q&A with my colleague @dickinsonbeth ICYM. A few extra thoughts 1/
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Until recently, the two leading candidates were -for sure- leftist @petrogustavo and center-right @FicoGutierrez. Recently, though, populist candidate @ingrodolfohdez has appeared as a viable candidate to get the second highest vote and contest the presidency with Petro. 2/
May 5, 2022 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
Yesterday, gvt of @IvanDuque extradite "Otoniel", head of Clan del Golfo, the biggest post-paramilitary group in #Colombia. This, again, prioritizes the US' desire to bring drug traffickers to justice in US courts over efforts to bring justice to Colombian victims.
Victims efforts to stop the extradition legally were not sufficient. Rumor mill says his extradition seeks to prevent him from further implicating high level political and military figures, as he had in interviews with the transitional justice court. rcnradio.com/judicial/otoni…
