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Wednesday, 18 March 2026
BRAZIL: Top court convicts lawmakers for misusing federal grants
On 17 March a panel of justices on Brazil’s supreme court (STF) convicted two sitting federal deputies and one alternate deputy on charges of passive corruption and criminal organisation, due to their misuse of funds known as ‘emendas parlamentares’, grants from the federal budget allocated to legislators.
Wednesday, 18 March 2026
EL SALVADOR: Congress amends constitution to allow life sentences
On 17 March El Salvador’s 60-member unicameral legislature approved a bill proposed by President Nayib Bukele to reform the constitution to permit life sentences for “murderers, rapists and terrorists”.
Wednesday, 18 March 2026
MEXICO: Thaw in relations with Spain
On 17 March Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum said the recent acknowledgement by Spain’s King Felipe VI of his country’s colonial abuses was a “gesture of rapprochement”, although noting it fell short of what was needed.
Wednesday, 18 March 2026
CHILE: Kast begins dismantling environmental safeguards
On 17 March Chile’s environment ministry under new President José Antonio Kast announced that it had begun the process of revoking dozens of environmental decrees presented by the previous government and still under review in the comptroller general’s office.
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