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Friday, 18 July 2025
COLOMBIA/VENEZUELA: Plans for binational economic zone move forward
On 17 July the governments of Colombia and Venezuela signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to create a binational economic zone in the border region.
Friday, 18 July 2025
BRAZIL: Lula adopts more combative tone amid US tariff tensions
On 17 July Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva released an address to the nation in which he ramped up his criticisms of the latest tariff threat from US President Donald Trump.
Friday, 18 July 2025
MEXICO: Prisons in Sinaloa face security crisis
On 17 July authorities in Sinaloa state announced that three inmates had been killed in a brawl at a prison in the city of Los Mochis, Ahome municipality.
Friday, 18 July 2025
PARAGUAY: Opposition parties forge alliance
On 17 July Paraguayan opposition parties united under a new banner, Vamos Paraguay, with a view to ending the dominance of the ruling Asociación Nacional Republicana-Partido Colorado (ANR-PC) in municipal elections in 2026 and general elections in 2028.
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