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Wednesday, 06 November 2024
COLOMBIA: Defence minister criticised over joint operations
On 5 November Colombia’s defence minister, Iván Velásquez, justified a recently announced military reorganisation, stating that it does not eliminate joint operations between the three armed forces, as some critics have claimed.
Wednesday, 06 November 2024
BRAZIL: Lower house approves rules for budgetary grants
On 5 November Brazil’s lower chamber of congress approved a bill (PLP 175/2024) that proposes rules aiming to improve transparency in the payments of ‘emendas parlamentares’, earmarked grants for local projects in the constituencies of legislators.
Wednesday, 06 November 2024
GUATEMALA: Court throws out high-profile civil war case
On 5 November a Guatemalan appeals court upheld a ruling acquitting eight former military officials accused over the so-called ‘Creompaz case’, a mass forced disappearance case relating to the country’s 1960-1996 civil war.
Wednesday, 06 November 2024
ARGENTINA: New foreign minister begins purge
On 5 November Argentina’s media reported that the far-right government led by President Javier Milei had accepted the resignation of Marcelo Cima, the secretary for international economic relations at the foreign ministry.
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