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Tuesday, 02 September 2025
COLOMBIA: Gov’t presents new tax reform bill
On 1 September Colombia’s Finance Minister Germán Ávila Plazas presented congress with a new tax reform bill which seeks to raise Col$26.3tn (US$6.5bn) next year to fund the government’s 2026 budget proposal.
Tuesday, 02 September 2025
BRAZIL: Increased security in capital ahead of Bolsonaro trial
On 1 September the military police of Brazil’s capital region (‘Distrito Federal’, DF), bolstered security around the supreme court (STF) ahead of the trial beginning today (2 September), in which former president Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2023) stands accused of plotting a coup to stay in power after losing the 2022 president election.
Tuesday, 02 September 2025
GUYANA: Voters go to the polls in crucial election
On 1 September elections were held in Guyana to pick a new president and 65-member national assembly.
Tuesday, 02 September 2025
ARGENTINA: Milei moves to block leaked audio recordings
On 1 September Argentina’s government led by President Javier Milei denounced to the federal judiciary an “illegal intelligence operation” with “apparent foreign influence” in response to leaked audio recordings ahead of crucial upcoming legislative elections in the province of Buenos Aires and federal mid-term congressional elections; it obtained a legal order to block publication of any further audio recordings.
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