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Friday, 29 September 2023

VENEZUELA: CNE’s offer to assist in opposition primary met with suspicion

On 28 September Venezuela’s national electoral council (CNE), which has sparked controversy with its offer to assist in the presidential primary election of the opposition coalition Plataforma Unitaria Democrática (PUD), proposed pushing back the date of the primary, which is scheduled for 22 October.

Friday, 29 September 2023

EL SALVADOR: New rights concerns over state of emergency

On 28 September three human rights organisations in El Salvador – Cristosal, Instituto Universitario de Derechos Humanos (Idhuca) of the Universidad Centroamericana (UCA), and Servicio Social Pasionista (SSPAS) – presented a report on forced internal displacement under the state of emergency.

Friday, 29 September 2023

MEXICO: López Obrador acknowledges surge in violence

On 28 September Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador acknowledged there had been a surge in murders across the country in recent days.

Friday, 29 September 2023

ARGENTINA: Massa and Milei plans throw IMF

On 28 September the director of the communications department for the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Julie Kozack, expressed concern about the spending splurge of Argentina’s economy minister Sergio Massa, the presidential candidate for the ruling Peronist coalition Unión por la Patria (UP), ahead of next month’s elections, and the dollarisation of the economy proposed by the current frontrunner, the populist far-right candidate, Javier Milei.