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Friday, 12 June 2026
BRAZIL: Lula hails fall in deforestation in challenge to US tariff claims
On 11 June Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva highlighted new figures from the national space research institute (Inpe), which showed a fall in deforestation in May, and rejected recent US claims that Brazil was not effectively preventing illegal deforestation.
Friday, 12 June 2026
CUBA: US blacklists state energy firm amid rising tensions
On 11 June the US administration led by President Donald Trump announced it was blacklisting Cuba’s state-owned oil and gas company Unión Cuba-Petróleo (Cupet).
Friday, 12 June 2026
MEXICO: Government relieved by World Cup launch
On 11 June Mexico hosted a largely successful inauguration of the 2026 Fifa World Cup tournament, with celebrations by supporters of the Mexican team mixing in with protests involving striking teachers, students, relatives of the disappeared, and other groups.
Friday, 12 June 2026
ARGENTINA: Embattled Adorni embroiled in fresh scandal
On 11 June Argentina’s beleaguered cabinet chief, Manuel Adorni, presented a rectified declaration of assets to the anti-corruption office (Oficina Anticorrupción) after admitting that he had kept some US$500,000 in off-the-books savings earned in the private sector before entering public office in 2023.
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