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Friday, 22 September 2023
Friday, 22 September 2023
PERU: Boluarte declares security her top priority
On 21 September Peru’s President Dina Boluarte announced to the United Nations (UN) General Assembly (UNGA) that addressing insecurity is her government’s main priority, one day after she declared a state of emergency in nine districts as part of efforts to tackle crime.
Friday, 22 September 2023
EL SALVADOR: Bukele criticised over UNGA speech
On 21 September Sumar, a broad civil society group in El Salvador, released a statement criticising the speech given by El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele before the United Nations (UN) General Assembly (UNGA) two days earlier.
Friday, 22 September 2023
MEXICO: López Obrador snubs Biden over Apec summit
Amid growing concern over a surge in migration across the border into the US, Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said on 21 September that he would not attend a summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) group scheduled for 14-17 November in San Francisco, and would instead seek alternative dates for a meeting with US President Joe Biden.
Friday, 22 September 2023
URUGUAY: Interior minister rages over escaped drug traffickers
On 21 September Uruguay’s interior minister, Luis Alberto Heber, vented his frustration at the judiciary for the escape of “another dangerous drug-trafficker”.
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