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Thursday, 13 August 2026
Thursday, 13 August 2026
BRAZIL: Top court upholds soy moratorium
On 12 August Brazil’s supreme court (STF) recognised the constitutionality of the so-called ‘soy moratorium’, a private sector agreement aiming to reduce deforestation, and ordered the termination of legal challenges against the moratorium.
Thursday, 13 August 2026
REGION: Panama hosts Hegseth for anti-cartel summit
On 12 August US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth addressed top defence and military officials from Latin America at a meeting in Panama City of the US-led Americas Counter Cartel Coalition (A3C).
Thursday, 13 August 2026
MEXICO: Former governor charged over Ayotzinapa case
On 12 August Mexico’s federal attorney general’s office (FGR) announced that it had charged Ángel Aguirre Rivero, the former governor of Guerrero state (1996-1999, 2011-2014), with enforced disappearance in relation to the Ayotzinapa case.
Thursday, 13 August 2026
CHILE: Gov’t hails strong relations with China
On 12 August Chile’s Foreign Minister Francisco Pérez Mackenna highlighted the strength of relations with China, stating that deepening this relationship served a “strategic long-term interest”.
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