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Thursday, 02 April 2026
Thursday, 02 April 2026
BRAZIL: Gov’t officially submits supreme court nomination
On 1 April the office of Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva submitted the relevant documents to the senate to submit the nomination of the government’s solicitor general, Jorge Messias, to fill the vacant seat on the supreme court (STF).
Thursday, 02 April 2026
CUBA: Díaz-Canel thanks Russia for solidarity
On 1 April Cuba’s President Miguel Díaz-Canel expressed thanks to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and the crew members of the Anatoly Kolodkin tanker for the “valuable crude oil cargo” delivered to the island earlier this week.
Thursday, 02 April 2026
MEXICO: US relations expert tapped as new foreign minister
On 1 April Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum announced that Roberto Velasco Álvarez, the deputy minister for North America at the foreign ministry (SRE), would take over as foreign minister following the resignation of Juan Ramón de la Fuente for health reasons.
Thursday, 02 April 2026
CHILE/ARGENTINA: Calls for extradition of former guerrilla leader
On 1 April Chile’s foreign ministry called on Argentina to reinforce efforts to arrest Galvarino Apablaza, a former leader of Chile’s far-left urban guerrilla group Frente Patriótico Manuel Rodríguez (FPMR) who has been living in exile in Argentina for decades.
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