 | This week, explore the streets of Washington, DC, with reporter Ali Harb, as he looks at the local reaction to United States President Donald Trump's decision to deploy National Guard troops to the capital. | Then, take a deep dive into the election-year controversies defining the presidential races in Honduras and Bolivia. | It's all in this week's newsletter from Al Jazeera's Americas team. Read on: | | | | |
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| | In August, President Donald Trump deployed the US National Guard to the streets of the country's capital, on the premise that crime was spiralling out of control. But some residents are decrying the military presence as a "manufactured crisis" and calling for the troops' removal. |
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"It's disrespectful to our troops to have to invade their own country essentially and be pitted against their own citizens." | | | | | | |
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| | A case in Nevada is stirring controversy: An Israeli official was arrested in the US on charges of soliciting a minor, only to be released on bail. He then fled the country. Critics are now asking: Why was he released? And was his treatment a reflection of US-Israeli relations? |
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"The fact that this individual was not only allowed to leave without an ankle bracelet or a GPS device — not only to leave the state but also leave the country — is highly unusual." | | | | | | |
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| | The high-speed chase on May 15 ended in bloodshed: A student, Jesus Alain Vasquez Perez, was left dead on the pavement. Police had been pursuing student protesters that day in Mexico. But Vasquez's death raised questions about what qualifies as excessive force. |
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"There is nothing anybody can do to bring our friend back. But meanwhile, we demand justice for his death." | | | | | | |
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| | It was a seismic shift in Bolivian politics: On August 17, for the first time in nearly two decades, the country's left wing was knocked out of a presidential race. Critics have blamed the lacklustre results on party infighting and one figure in particular: former President Evo Morales. |
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"It's political suicide. He has reached a level of irrationality that is now irreversible." | | | | | | |
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| | In 2022, Honduran President Xiomara Castro unveiled a state of emergency to combat gang extortion. It was meant to last 30 days. Nearly three years on, it remains in place, limiting civil liberties and broadening police powers. Critics say that has created a culture of corruption. |
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"They want the state of exception to continue so that the population can't protest during the elections." | | | | | | |
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| | Hanifa Girowal fled the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021. But now, as she forges a new life in the US, she fears the shifting immigration policies under US President Donald Trump. Could Girowal and other Afghans face deportation, despite their legal status? |
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"I have an approved asylum case, which gives a certain level of protection, but we still don't know the future of certain policies on immigration." | | |
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