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Recent Corrections
- Uno de los gráficos en la página 38 ha sido corregido para indicar que, para más de 300.000 personas, el esfuerzo de recolectar agua implica caminar por más de una hora.
La carta fue corregida para aclarar que en 2025 el gobierno de Estados Unidos le otorgó nuevamente un visado al diputado Alvaro Arzú Escobar.
Esta versión del informe ha sido revisada para corregir la edad de una víctima de abuso, corregir la ortografía del nombre de otra persona y aclarar el lugar en el que parece haber sido detenida una tercera persona.
A clarification has been made to this news release to reflect that there were two different executive orders on transgender rights. In addition, some Trump appointees voiced their support for human rights, but did not mention democratic values.
Se modificó el pie de foto para reflejar el periodo de Consuelo Porras como Fiscal General.
Este comunicado de prensa fue corregido para aclarar la fecha que los legisladores entraron en funciones y que los cambios constitucionales propuestos están contenidos en cuatro proyectos de ley. También se corrigieron algunos errores de traducción en la versión en español.
12/18/2023: This news release has been updated to reflect the October date on which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would not allow humanitarian assistance "in the form food and medicines" into Gaza through its crossings "as long as [Israel's] hostages are not returned."
8/29/2023: This news release has been updated to reflect the updated spelling of the al-Nawwariyyah neighborhood.
7/18/2023: Este comunicado de prensa se ha ajustado para reflejar la lista más actualizada de países que permiten a los tutores varones prohibir a las mujeres viajar al extranjero.
The annotation in the fifth photo has been corrected to identify the carrier section in the field as a "rocket remnant."