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Friday, 28 August 2026
BRAZIL: Lula downplays concerns over public debt
On 27 August Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who is running for re-election in October, said during an interview on news channel TV Globo that he was “not worried” about the country’s public debt.
Friday, 28 August 2026
HAITI: Second deportation flight arrives following TPS termination
On 27 August 57 Haitians arrived in Haiti’s second-largest city, Cap-Haïtien, capital of Nord department, on a deportation flight from the US on international media reports.
Friday, 28 August 2026
MEXICO: Navy officer to face fuel smuggling court case
On 27 August a Mexican judge ruled that Fernando Farías Laguna, a former navy rear admiral, be put on trial over possible links to a criminal network involved in the smuggling, diversion and distribution of fuel.
Friday, 28 August 2026
ARGENTINA: Public universities stage new strike
On 27 August unions representing Argentine public university professors and workers began a 48-hour strike demanding the application of the 2025 university financing law.
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