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Thursday, 03 July 2025
ECUADOR: Noboa concludes diplomatic tour in Italy
On 2 July Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa met Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome as he concludes a diplomatic tour that has also seen him visit China and Spain over the past two weeks.
Thursday, 03 July 2025
BRAZIL: Lula reaffirms need for tax hikes
On 2 July Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ramped up his defence of the government’s petition submitted to the supreme court (STF) the previous day which requested the restoration of the recent tax increases suspended by congress last week.
Thursday, 03 July 2025
EL SALVADOR: Prison torture claims set to fan rights concerns
On 2 July lawyers of Kilmar Ábrego García, a Salvadorean wrongly deported in March by the US government led by President Donald Trump to El Salvador’s notorious Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (Cecot) penitentiary, filed court papers outlining torture and abuse that he had suffered in the mega-jail.
Thursday, 03 July 2025
MEXICO: Gov’t denies security bills permit State spying
On 2 July Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum denied that security-related bills recently passed in congress were designed to allow the government to spy on the public.
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