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Friday, 17 January 2025
Friday, 17 January 2025
COLOMBIA: ELN accused of plotting to assassinate peace official
On 16 January Colombia’s Interior Minister Juan Fernando Cristo condemned an alleged plot by the Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) guerrilla group to assassinate one of the government’s peace advisers, Álvaro Jiménez.
Friday, 17 January 2025
BRAZIL: Bolsonaro denied from attending Trump inauguration
On 16 January Brazil’s supreme court (STF) denied a request from former president Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2023) to travel to the US to attend the inauguration on 20 January of US President-elect Donald Trump.
Friday, 17 January 2025
CUBA: Prominent dissidents freed
On 16 January Cuban authorities freed from jail José Daniel Ferrer, one of Cuba’s most prominent dissidents, and Luis Robles, another well-known activist.
Friday, 17 January 2025
CHILE: Tensions flare over pension reform accord
On 16 January the presidential candidate of the far-right opposition Partido Republicano (PR), José Antonio Kast, savaged an agreement reached a day earlier between the government led by President Gabriel Boric and the traditional right-wing opposition coalition Chile Vamos over pension reform.
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