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Friday, 10 July 2026
Friday, 10 July 2026
BRAZIL: Police target executive linked to Banco Master
On 9 July Brazil’s federal police (PF) searched the properties of Thiago Miranda Silva, the owner of a communications agency, Agência MiThi, who is suspected of gathering information on people viewed as a threat by Daniel Vorcaro, the CEO of the controversial bank Banco Master.
Friday, 10 July 2026
CUBA: Uncertainty over whereabouts of freed high-profile dissident
On 9 July Anamely Ramos González, a prominent Cuban human rights activist, said she had spoken to high-profile Cuban dissident and artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, who was reportedly freed from jail on 7 July, but whose whereabouts remain unknown.
Friday, 10 July 2026
MEXICO: Gov’t to take legal action against migrant deaths in US
On 9 July Mexico’s Foreign Minister Roberto Velasco Álvarez announced that the foreign ministry (SRE) would take legal action following the killing of a Mexican migrant by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Texas.
Friday, 10 July 2026
ARGENTINA: Milei delivers polarising independence address
On 9 July Argentina’s President Javier Milei delivered a politicised speech to assembled provincial governors and cabinet ministers in the north-western province of Tucumán to mark the 210th anniversary of the country’s independence.
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