I dagens avsnitt går vi igenom allt som hände igår i samband med den amerikanska attacken mot Venezuela och tillfångatagandet av Nicolás Maduro. Vi intervjuar också den venezuelanske demokratikämpen och advokaten Ian Barrera Sosa.

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Källförteckning:

SVT Nyheter – Venezuela 

Donald Trump tal efter attacken mot Venezuela

No war yes peace song

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I veckans avsnitt fördjupar vi oss i läget i El Salvador och berättar om landets mycket omtalade president Nayib Bukele. Ellen berättar också om sina erfarenheter av El Salvador under Bukeles precis införda undantagstillstånd i mars 2022. Vi pratar om Bolivias närmande till Israel, Kubas eventuella kontakter med USA gällande situationen i Venezuela och om Machados mottagande av Nobels fredspris. Vi tar upp de amerikanska sanktionerna mot ett colombianskt nätverk som anklagas för att ha sänt stridande till Sudan, om Honduras ännu inte fastställda valresultat och om kaoset som utbröt i Brasiliens parlament under ett lagförslag som syftar till att sänka den före detta presidenten Bolsonaros fängelsestraff.

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Ellen är tillbaka och vi diskuterar veckans nyheter samt fördjupar oss i valet i Honduras. Vi diskuterar bland annat avslöjandet om att Colombias presidentfru lever lyxliv i Sverige, benådningen av Honduras förra president, de stigande HIV-fallen i Argentina, telefonsamtalet mellan Trump och Bolsonaro och den diplomatiska krisen mellan Mexiko och Peru.

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Källförteckning:

Expressen – Colombias presidentfru Verónica Alcocer lever lyxliv i Sverige (2024)

Expressen – Gustavo Petro till attack mot Expressens avslöjande (2024)

Expressen – Presidenthustrun på flykt i Stockholm (2024)

Buenos Aires Herald – HIV infections rise as state condom distribution drops (2024)

El Colombiano – Censura a diario Expressen por reportaje sobre Verónica Alcocer (2024)

BBC News – Report on Colombian First Lady controversy (2024)

Latin Times – Sheinbaum responds to Peruvian government threats over asylum case (2024)

The Guardian – Peru severs diplomatic relations with Mexico after asylum dispute (2025)

Euronews – Peru breaks diplomatic relations with Mexico over asylum claim (2025)

El País – Perú declara persona non grata a Sheinbaum (2025)

El Financiero – México rechaza la declaración de persona non grata a Sheinbaum (2025)

Reuters – Honduras prepares to vote amid fraud accusations (2025)

Reuters – Nasralla edges ahead in Honduras election count (2025)

Reuters – Trump raises doubts about Honduras vote count (2025)

Financial Times – Analysis of Honduras political crisis (2025)

PBI Honduras – Elections in the midst of crisis (2025)

Human Rights Watch – Protect Hondurans’ right to free and fair elections (2025)

Human Rights Watch – Honduras country chapter (2025)

UNHCR – Honduras Operational Update (2024)

InfoSegura – Violence and crime monitoring Honduras 2020 report

Freedom House – Honduras: Freedom in the World (2024)

Al Jazeera – Trump and Lula discuss tariffs and sanctions (2025)

NBC Los Angeles – What to know about the Honduras presidential election (2025)

Contracorriente – Honduran state’s lack of interest in solving Ana Hernández case (2023)

CIA World Factbook – Honduras country profile

Freedom House – Honduras country profile

America Magazine – Honduras protest over femicide (2023)

El Heraldo – Protests demanding autopsy in Ana Hernández case (2023)

La Prensa – Judge orders forensic autopsy in Ana Hernández case (2023)

HCH – Report on delays over Ana Hernández’s body (2023)

IM-Defensoras – Attacks against women human rights defenders, preliminary data (2023)

IM-Defensoras – Seeking truth and justice should not cost us our lives (2025)

Amnesty International – Report on women human rights defenders in Honduras (2025)

Statista – Feminicide rate per 100,000 women in Honduras

PAG Honduras – Human rights bulletin (2025)

CRD – Per Anger Prize 2025 awarded to Honduran activist (2025)

BTI Project – Honduras country report (2024/2025)

Crisis Group – Fight and Flight: Tackling roots of Honduras emergency (2024)

LAPOP / Vanderbilt – CARSI Honduras survey report (2016)

Reuters – Leading candidates in Honduras presidential election (2025)

Al Jazeera – Trump-backed candidate leads Honduras presidential vote (2025)

Washington Post – Honduras election context (2021)

BSS News – Report on Honduras election developments (2025)

Reuters – Nasralla leads tight Honduras election as fraud claims linger (2025)

YouTube – Video report on Honduras election dynamics

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I veckans avsnitt pratar vi om söndagens president- och kongressval i Honduras, Rodrigo Paz politiska förslag och Perus undantagstillstånd. Vi diskuterar senaste händelserna i konflikten mellan USA och Venezuela samt ECLACs senaste rapport för Latinamerika. Slutligen fördjupar vi oss i resultaten från COP30-mötet i Belem och dess betydelse för Latinamerika.

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I veckans avnsitt diskuterar vi nyheter från veckan. Vi går igenom valresultatet i Chile, tjänsteresan till Taiwan av panamanska diplomater, fängslandet av en ecuadoriansk knarkkung, det senaste från Venezuela och relationen till USA samt skandalen om att Nestle påstås ha socker i barnmat i Latinamerika. Vi diskuterar också mer djupgående det eskalerande våldet i Mexiko.

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Källförteckning:

AP News – Panama accuses China of meddling over lawmakers' Taiwan trip

arXiv – 2508.06509 (2025)

ResearchGate – Ruling Violently: The exercise of criminal governance by the Mexican Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG)

SciELO Books – Criminal governance chapter (Abello 2020)

UNDP – Crimen organizado (2025)

Stanford King Center – Working Paper 545

Baker Institute – Victimology & extortions in Mexico

El País – Mexico’s omertà: millions of merchants pay a fee to criminals (2024)

ICRC – Crime wars: operational perspectives (2023)

US Congress – CRS Report R45199

AP News – Mexico journalists homicides

RSF – Mexico country profile

Human Rights Watch – Mexico (2025)

Amnesty International – Killings of journalists under state protection (2024)

Forbes – Why Mexico is the deadliest country in the Americas for journalists (2024)

Council on Foreign Relations – Criminal violence in Mexico

Crisis Group – Crime pieces: effects of Mexico’s war on drugs explained

PMC – Article on violence/public health (2021)

Integralia – First political violence report (2024)

RELAP – Article on population/migration (2023)

New Lines Institute – The rise of militarized cartels in Mexico

AP News – Mexico mayor killed in Michoacán

Turning Point – Democracy at gunpoint: violence and power in Mexico’s elections (2025)

ACLED – Five key takeaways: 2024 elections in Mexico

Reuters – Mexican candidate assassinations hit grim record (2024)

Noria Research – Data on electoral violence Mexico 2020–2021

Council on Foreign Relations – Criminal violence in Mexico

Human Rights Watch – Mexico country chapter (2025)

El País – Mexico ends 2024 with 70 daily homicides (2025)

Al Jazeera – Chile faces presidential runoff between Jara and Kast (2025)

The Guardian – Chile election: crime and migration fears (2025)

AS/COA – Chile’s presidential vote: Jara vs. Kast (2025)

Reuters – Chile’s far-right rises in Congress, needs allies for reforms (2025)

The Guardian – Kast favourite to be next Chilean president after first round (2025)

Wall Street Journal – Wilmer Chavarría fake death and arrest in Spain

Al Jazeera – Nestlé accused of risking baby health in Africa, Asia and Latin America (2025)

AP News – Mexican authorities arrest suspect in assassination of mayor in Michoacán

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I veckans avsnitt diskuterar vi några av senaste veckans nyheter från Latinamerika. Nyheterna vi diskuterar denna vecka är: De sexuella trakasserierna mot Claudia Sheinbaum, den stora polisoperationen i Brasilien där över 121 personer dog, EU-CELAC toppmötet i Colombia, fångarna i ett fängelse i Ecuador som hittades hängda, Rodrigo Paz insvuren som Bolivias nya president och Venezuelas militära mobilisering.

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Reuters – Venezuelan military preparing guerrilla response in case of US attack (2025)

Al Jazeera – Venezuela prepares massive deployment of forces in case of US attack (2025)

The Guardian – Navy carrier fuels Trump’s anti-drugs operation in Caribbean and Latin America (2025)

AP News – Bolivia’s long-ruling party almost eliminated from Congress, vote results show

AP News – Rodrigo Paz sworn in as Bolivia’s new president amid fuel crisis

Reuters – Ecuador homicides increase 40% through July, over 5,000 killed

Al Jazeera – Explosions hit Ecuador; local criminal gang and ex-FARC dissidents blamed

AP News – Dozens of inmates found hanged in Ecuador prison

AP News – Deadly rioting in Ecuador prison leaves 31 inmates dead

AP News – EU, Latin America and Caribbean nations hold summit overshadowed by US military operation

Eunews – Leaders desert EU–CELAC summit in Colombia amid new US pressure on Latin America (2025)

European Council – International summit EU–CELAC, 9 November 2025

EU–LAC Foundation – EU–LAC general information portal

European Council – Joint Statement EU–CELAC (2025)

The Guardian – Investigation launched after Rio police raid (2025)

Senado Federal do Brasil – CPI do crime organizado será instalada nesta terça-feira (2025)

Agência Brasil – Igualar facções ao terrorismo prejudica inquéritos, diz relator da CPI (2025)

CartaCapital – CPI quer saber o objetivo real de operação com 121 mortos no Rio (2025)

The Guardian – Thousands join protests in Rio favela after deadliest-ever police raid (2025)

El País – El Comando Vermelho, grupo carioca del narco con 30.000 hombres en expansión (2025)

AP News – Brazil police operation in Rio favelas (2025)

AP News – Brazil police raid in Rio de Janeiro favela (2025)

The Guardian – Brazil investigation of Rio police raid (2025)

Reuters – Over 40 bodies seen after Rio’s deadliest police operation (2025)

Reuters – Brazil’s deadliest police raid failed to capture or kill gang leaders (2025)

UN-Habitat – The Challenge of Slums: Brazil chapter (2016)

IBGE – Aglomerados Subnormais: Informações Territoriais (2022)

CBS News – Man arrested after groping Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum

Al Jazeera – How unsafe is Mexico for women? Claudia Sheinbaum assaulted

(Article) – The groping of Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum was more than just a personal assault

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I dagens avsnitt pratar vi om söndagens val i Chile. Vi går igenom landets politiska system, pratar om den nuvarande presidenten Gabriel Boric och hans mandatperiod samt om årets viktigaste valfrågor. Vi berättar om valets mest framstående presidentkandidater och vem som spås vinna årets val.

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Källförteckning:

El País – Resultados de las elecciones primarias presidenciales de Chile 2025

SWI swissinfo – Alianzas inéditas y divisiones: la disputa constitucional que desafía Chile

La Izquierda Diario – Nueva Alianza de Gobierno en Chile confirma el giro a derecha de Boric

La Tercera – El llamado del presidente Boric para proyectar la alianza de gobierno

La Tercera – Fin de Apruebo Dignidad: cómo la coalición base de Boric dejó de funcionar

European Parliament Research Service – Briefing: Chile (2025)

El País English – Chile’s far right overtakes the traditional right less than a month before the presidential election

El País – Chile’s far right advances as gang violence reshapes election (2025)

The Mercury – Chile presidential hopeful vows to expel “criminal” migrants to El Salvador

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USA attackerar båtar i Karibien och har placerat militära fartyg utanför Venezuelas kust. Vad är det egentligen som händer? 

I dagens avsnitt går vi igenom delar av Venezuelas politiska historia och diskuterar landets sociala och ekonomiska problem. Vi berättar om den senaste tidens händelser , oron för en amerikansk invasion och den venezuelanska politiska oppositionen. 

Vi berättar även om hur vi upplevde Venezuela när vi besökte landet 2024. 

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Källförteckning:

EBSCO Research Starters – Venezuela Declares Independence

Britannica – Venezuela: Andes, Geography & Climate

U.S. EIA – Country Analysis Brief: Venezuela

Washington Post – Rubio Compares Maduro to Gaddafi (2019)

Independent – Rubio Tweets Gaddafi Reference to Maduro (2019)

AP News – U.S. Policy Toward Venezuela (2019)

Politico – Trump and Rubio on Venezuela (2019)

BBC – Venezuela Crisis Overview (2019)

U.S. Treasury – Sanctions on Venezuela (2019)

Miami Herald – U.S.-Venezuela Tensions Rise (2019)

CFR – Venezuela Crisis (2023)

Newsweek – U.S. Warships Positioned Near Venezuela (2025)

Al Jazeera – U.S. Military Forces off Venezuela Coast (2025)

Reuters – U.S. Strikes on Boats Near Venezuela (2025)

Visual Capitalist – Countries With Largest Oil Reserves

Britannica – Venezuela: Oil, Agriculture, Manufacturing

Newsweek – Colombian President Accuses U.S. of Killing Fisherman (2025)

CFR – U.S.-Venezuela Relations: A Complex History

Perspectivas – Historia del negocio petrolero en Venezuela

Kulesza, Marta – IPE Working Paper on Venezuela (2017)

BBC – Venezuela: Chávez Era and Aftermath (2011, 2016)

The Guardian – Hugo Chávez Obituary (2013)

Brookings – U.S.-Venezuela Relations (2020)

Britannica – Hugo Chávez Biography

The Guardian – Venezuela’s Oil Collapse (2021)

IMF – Country Data: Venezuela

Pew Research – Hugo Chávez’s Presidency (2013)

Freedom House – Freedom in the World: Venezuela (2012)

The Economist – Chávez: The Legacy (2013)

Reuters – Venezuela Inflation 2024

OPEC – Member Country: Venezuela

World Bank – Petroleum Prices Indicator

Brookings – Venezuela: The Paradox of Plenty

Human Rights Watch – World Report: Venezuela 2013

United Nations – Reports on Venezuela

Reuters – Venezuela Power Crisis Facts (2019)

Economic Times – Maduro Urges U.S. to Avoid War (2025)

Reuters – New U.S. Strike Near Venezuela (2025)

Al Jazeera – Three Killed in U.S. Strike on Caribbean Vessel (2025)

BBC – Venezuela: Political Timeline (2025)

Biography.com – Hugo Chávez

UN General Assembly – Venezuela 2006 Speech

CFR – Timeline: U.S.-Venezuela Relations

Al Jazeera – Latin America News Coverage

JSTOR – Academic Articles on Venezuela

UNDP – Human Development Report

IMF – World Economic Outlook Database

CEPR – Venezuela Economic Report (2007)

The Guardian – Hugo Chávez

Al Jazeera – Legality of U.S. Strikes Near Venezuela (2025)

Chatham House – U.S. Attacks on “Drug Boats” and International Law (2025)

CFR – Trump’s Venezuela Boat Strikes Test U.S. Law (2025)

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Fredsavtalet från 2016 mellan gerillagruppen FARC och den colombianska staten var unik i sitt slag. Men vad hände sen? I dagens avsnitt diskuterar vi bakgrunden till fredsöverenskommelsen och några utav problemen som landet står inför idag. 

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Källförteckning:

FN – Verifieringsrapport om Colombias fredsavtal (UN Verification Mission, 2023)

INDEPAZ – Årsrapport 2023

Transparency International – Corruption and Anti-Corruption in Colombia (2021)

Corruption, Justice & Legitimacy – Endangering the Peace (2022)

The Guardian – Colombia Peace Process Falters (2023)

El Espectador – Obstáculos de la Paz Total (2024)

Human Rights Watch – Colombia: Events of 2023

Centro de Memoria Histórica – 262,197 muertos dejó el conflicto armado

Comisión de la Verdad – Informe final en cifras

Portal para la Paz – Implementación del Acuerdo de Paz (2025)

El Espectador – Informe Kroc sobre implementación del Acuerdo de Paz (2024)

FN – UN Verification Mission in Colombia (DPPA)

Reuters – Colombia’s Illegal Armed Groups Grew in 2023 (2024)

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I dagens avsnitt pratar vi om Argentinas turbulenta politiska historia. Vi diskuterar peronismen och några centrala politiska figurer därifrån, ekonomiska och sociala problem som landet stått inför och hur dessa utvecklats samt Javier Milei och hans politiska ideologi.

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Källförteckning: 

AP News – One year Javier Milei

Britannica – Radical Civic Union

CFR – Argentina’s Struggle for Stability

Reuters – Argentina to Dismantle Currency Controls (2015)

The Guardian – Cristina Kirchner Sentenced for Fraud (2022)

Reuters – Argentina Lifts Currency Controls (2015)

The Guardian – Argentina Floats Peso (2015)

Reuters – Milei to Boost Social Spending (2025)

Reuters – Milei Suffers Electoral Setback (2025)

AP News – Corruption Scandal Hits Milei and Sister (2025)

Svenska Dagbladet – Högern måste lära av Mileis kulturkrig

Reuters – Argentina Inflation Falls to 1.5% (2025)

Trading Economics – Argentina Inflation Rate 2025

Wikipedia – Economic History of Argentina

Buenos Aires Herald – Milei’s Reduced Cabinet Sworn In (2024)

El País – Milei: Preacher and Rock Star (2023)

Buenos Aires Times – The Making of a President: Milei’s Life Before Politics (2023)

Reuters – Argentina Election: Key Takeaways from Milei’s Win (2023)

Britannica – Javier Milei: Policies & Profile

AP News – Milei Corruption Scandal with Karina (2025)

The Guardian – Karina Milei Kickback Allegations (2025)

RSF – Threat to Press Freedom in Argentina (2025)

AP News – Milei Cryptocurrency Fraud Charges (2025)

Reuters – Government Denies Bribe Speculations (2025)

Buenos Aires Times – Libra Case: Prosecutor Seeks Milei Phone Probe (2025)

La Nación – Government Ends Investigative Unit (2025)

Reuters – Trump Meets Milei, $20B Bailout Deal (2025)

AP News – Trump and Milei Discuss IMF Aid (2025)

Politico – Trump–Milei IMF Meeting (2025)

PIIE – Argentina Rescue Won’t Save Peso (2025)

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