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Monday, 16 March 2026
BOLIVIA: Alleged Uruguayan drug lord captured
On 13 March the alleged Uruguayan drug kingpin Sebastián Marset was arrested in Bolivia and was subsequently extradited to the US to face drug trafficking and money laundering charges.
Monday, 16 March 2026
BRAZIL: Gov’t revokes visa for Trump administration adviser
On 13 March Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said his government had withdrawn the visa of Darren Beattie, an adviser to the US government of President Donald Trump, who had planned to visit Brazil this week.
Monday, 16 March 2026
MEXICO: Morena allies announce support for Plan B electoral reform
On 15 March Mexico’s Partido del Trabajo (PT) and Partido Verde Ecologista de México (PVEM), allies of the ruling Movimiento Regeneración Nacional (Morena), announced their backing for President Claudia Sheinbaum’s ‘Plan B’ electoral reform.
Monday, 16 March 2026
ARGENTINA: Milei visits Spain as tensions persist
On 14 March Argentina’s President Javier Milei delivered the closing speech at the Madrid Economic Forum in which he criticised Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and praised US President Donald Trump.
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