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Monday, 20 July 2026
ECUADOR: Correísmo suffers another legal blow
On 17 July a judge on Ecuador’s electoral disputes tribunal (TCE) suspended a left-wing party, Acción Movilizadora Independiente Generando Oportunidades (Amigo), which had sought to act as an electoral vehicle for the suspended main left-wing opposition party Revolución Ciudadana (RC).
Monday, 20 July 2026
BRAZIL: Milei denied request to visit former president Bolsonaro
On 18 July Brazilian supreme court (STF) justice Alexandre de Moraes denied a request for Argentina’s President Javier Milei to visit his ally, Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2023), who is currently serving a 27-year sentence for plotting a coup after losing the 2022 election.
Monday, 20 July 2026
MEXICO: Sheinbaum takes to the stage at World Cup final
On 19 July Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum attended the final of the Fifa World Cup in the US between Spain and Argentina and congratulated the players and officials alongside US President Donald Trump and Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney after the match.
Monday, 20 July 2026
CHILE: Government responds as heavy rains reach north
On 19 July the death toll from heavy storms sweeping Chile rose to four, the national service for disaster prevention and response (Senapred) said, as 10 of the country’s 16 regions remain under a state of emergency.
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