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Friday, 09 May 2025
VENEZUELA: Opposition revels in embassy escape
On 8 May the Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado claimed that the “rescue” of five political dissidents trapped in the Argentine embassy in Caracas demonstrates the “vulnerabilities” of President Nicolás Maduro’s authoritarian government.
Friday, 09 May 2025
BRAZIL: Gov’t expresses concern over Amazon deforestation
On 8 May Brazil’s national space research institute (Inpe) released new figures showing that deforestation in the Amazon biome saw a 55% year-on-year increase in April.
Friday, 09 May 2025
MEXICO: Sheinbaum hails economic strength at banking convention
On 8 May Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum called for greater access to credit for businesses at the 88th annual banking convention, organised by Mexico’s association of banks (ABM).
Friday, 09 May 2025
ARGENTINA: Milei and Macri at loggerheads
On 8 May President Javier Milei’s far-right La Libertad Avanza (LLA) and its closest ally, the right-of-centre Propuesta Republicana (PRO) of former president Mauricio Macri (2015-2019), traded mutual recriminations over who was to blame for the senate’s rejection a day earlier of the anti-corruption bill ‘Ficha Limpia’.
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