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Friday, 08 May 2026
VENEZUELA: Death in custody creates human rights test for Rodríguez
On 7 May Venezuela’s attorney general’s office opened an investigation into the death in custody of a political prisoner, presenting a test for the new government led by President Delcy Rodríguez.
Friday, 08 May 2026
CUBA: US announces new sanctions as Sherritt halts operations
On 7 May the US government blacklisted Cuba’s Grupo de Administración Empresarial SA (Gaesa), the state-owned military conglomerate which controls much of Cuba’s economy, its executive president General Ania Lastres Morera, and Moa Nickel SA (MNSA), a joint venture between Canadian miner Sherritt International, and Cuba’s state-owned mining company Compañía General de Níquel (GNC).
Friday, 08 May 2026
MEXICO: US to review consulates
On 7 May a US official told broadcaster CBS News that the US Department of State was initiating a review of all 53 Mexican consulates in the US.
Friday, 08 May 2026
PARAGUAY: Peña deepens ties with Taiwan
On 7 May Paraguay’s President Santiago Peña arrived in Taiwan for a four-day state visit at the head of a delegation of more than 40 business leaders, during which he confirmed his country’s “strategic alliance” with the island.
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