Brazil & Southern Cone - July 2026

This July edition of the Latin American Regional Report: Brazil & Southern Cone begins with an analysis of the controversial decision by the US government to label Brazil’s two most powerful criminal groups, the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) and Comando Vermelho (CV), as foreign terrorist organisations (FTOs). The designation put serious strain on relations between the administrations of Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and US President Donald Trump, given that the Lula government has framed the designations as a threat to Brazilian sovereignty.

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