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Tuesday, 09 August 2022
Tuesday, 09 August 2022
BRAZIL: Electoral court stands up to military
On 8 August the Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (TSE), Brazil’s top electoral authority, expelled a military officer from the election monitoring committee and denied the defence ministry a request for information.
Tuesday, 09 August 2022
GUATEMALA: Journalists in the crosshairs
On 8 August José Rubén Zamora Marroquín, a prominent journalist in Guatemala and fierce critic of President Alejandro Giammattei and the attorney general (AG), María Consuelo Porras, appeared in court for the first time after he was arrested in his home 10 days earlier accused of money laundering, influence peddling, and blackmail.
Tuesday, 09 August 2022
MEXICO: Pushback as López Obrador plans to sidestep reform results
On 8 August, Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said he would bring the national guard (GN) under control of the defence ministry (Sedena) even if a constitutional reform to this end was rejected.
Tuesday, 09 August 2022
CHILE: Foreign minister plays down airspace dispute with Argentina
Chile’s foreign minister Antonia Urrejola said on 8 August that she had met her Argentine opposite number Santiago Cafiero in Bogotá, Colombia, and was trying to clarify an alleged violation of Argentine airspace by Chilean aircraft.
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