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Monday, 18 August 2025
BRAZIL: Top court confirms Bolsonaro coup plot trial date
On 15 August the ‘Primeira Turma’ (First Chamber) of Brazil’s supreme court (STF) confirmed that it will start trial sessions on 2 September to judge the charges brought against the alleged masterminds of a coup plot to overturn the 2022 election defeat of former president Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2023).
Monday, 18 August 2025
NICARAGUA: More gov’t critics arrested
On 15 August Monitoreo Azul y Blanco, a Nicaraguan organisation which monitors human rights violations, reported that 22 critics of the government led by co-presidents Daniel Ortega and his wife, Rosario Murillo, had been arrested in the departments of Carazo, Granada, Masaya, and Rivas.
Monday, 18 August 2025
MEXICO: Environmental project launched with Guatemala, Belize
On 15 August Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum announced the creation of a tri-national “biocultural corridor” to protect the Maya Forest, at a ceremony together with Guatemala’s President Bernardo Arévalo and Belize’s Prime Minister John Briceño.
Monday, 18 August 2025
ARGENTINA: US court gives Argentina breathing space over YPF
On 15 August a US appeals court granted Argentina’s request for a temporary stay on an order to turn over 51% of shares in state-owned oil company YPF.
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