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Wednesday, 07 June 2023
Wednesday, 07 June 2023
PERU: Boluarte testifies to prosecutors on protest deaths
On 6 June Peru’s President Dina Boluarte testified to the attorney general’s office regarding the deaths of protesters during the anti-government protests which gripped the country between December and March.
Wednesday, 07 June 2023
BRAZIL: Indigenous mobilise ahead of landmark vote
On 6 June indigenous Brazilians staged a second day of demonstrations in the capital Brasília, in rejection of a legal interpretation that would only give them right to lay claim to lands they occupied as of 5 October 1988, when the current constitution was promulgated.
Wednesday, 07 June 2023
EL SALVADOR: Gov’t accused of ramping up attacks on media
On 6 June El Salvador’s police (PNC) director, Mauricio Arriaza Chicas, said that reporters who had covered or investigated the secret negotiations which took place in 2012 between gangs and the government of former president Mauricio Funes (2009-2014) could face legal action.
Wednesday, 07 June 2023
URUGUAY: Prominent senator resigns over scandal
On 6 June Gustavo Penadés, a senator from Uruguay’s Partido Nacional (PN, Blancos), part of the right-of-centre ruling coalition government led by President Luis Lacalle Pou, resigned.
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