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Friday, 31 October 2025
Friday, 31 October 2025
BRAZIL: Energy bill benefits consumers and renewables, not Petrobras
On 30 October Brazil’s congress passed legislation that grants consumers the right to choose their power supplier, provides tax breaks and compensations for renewable energy, and increases the amount of royalties oil companies must pay.
Friday, 31 October 2025
GUATEMALA: Arévalo denounces fresh destabilisation plot
On 30 October Guatemala’s President Bernardo Arévalo warned that “corrupt actors” led by the disgraced attorney general, María Consuelo Porras, were intent on destabilising his government.
Friday, 31 October 2025
MEXICO: US targets human smuggling as migrant numbers rise
On 30 October the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (Ofac) sanctioned a human smuggling organisation based in Cancún, in Mexico’s Quintana Roo state.
Friday, 31 October 2025
PARAGUAY: Brazilian criminal groups designated terrorist organisations
On 30 October Paraguay’s President Santiago Peña issued a decree designating Brazilian criminal groups Comando Vermelho (CV) and Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) as international terrorist organisations.
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