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Wednesday, 17 April 2024
ECUADOR: Noboa blames power cuts on sabotage
On 16 April amid rolling power cuts, Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa declared a state of emergency, replaced his minister for energy & mining, and claimed his country was the victim of “sabotage”.
Wednesday, 17 April 2024
BRAZIL: Senate approves proposal to toughen drug laws
On 16 April Brazil’s 81-member senate approved a constitutional amendment proposal (PEC) to criminalise the possession of any quantity of any drug, which will proceed to be reviewed in the lower chamber of congress.
Wednesday, 17 April 2024
MEXICO: Celac members back Mexico in Ecuador dispute
On 16 April presidents attending a virtual meeting of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) expressed support for Mexico in its ongoing dispute with Ecuador following its incursion into Mexico’s embassy in Quito on 5 April.
Wednesday, 17 April 2024
ARGENTINA: Milei gets judicial boost
On 16 April Argentina’s supreme court (CSJN) unanimously rejected two legal challenges to the mammoth decree of necessity and urgency (DNU) issued by President Javier Milei shortly after he took office in December last year.
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