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Tuesday, 19 August 2025
BRAZIL: Top court moves against US sanctions
On 18 August Brazilian supreme court (STF) justice Flávio Dino ruled that laws, decrees, and executive orders of foreign authorities are not valid in Brazil unless they have been incorporated or approved by Brazilian authorities.
Tuesday, 19 August 2025
COSTA RICA: US blacklists former security minister
On 18 August the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (Ofac) designated Costa Rica’s former security minister, Celso Gamboa (2014-2015), and three other Costa Ricans, as well as two Costa Rica-based entities, for “their involvement in narcotics trafficking and money laundering”.
Tuesday, 19 August 2025
MEXICO: Mixed reactions to NWS control plan
On 18 August Mexico’s agriculture and livestock confederation, Consejo Nacional Agropecuario (CNA), welcomed an agreement reached between Mexican and US authorities on the control and eradication of the New World Screwworm (NWS).
Tuesday, 19 August 2025
CHILE: Presidential race officially kicks off
On 18 August campaigns officially began for Chile’s 16 November general elections as the deadline to register candidacies expired.
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