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Friday, 17 March 2023
BRAZIL: Intelligence agency to be investigated over illegal monitoring
On 16 March, Brazil’s federal police (PF) launched an investigation into the national intelligence agency (Abin), following reports it used software to illegally monitor ordinary citizens’ mobile phones during previous governments.
Friday, 17 March 2023
GUATEMALA: Protesters demand dismissal of electoral magistrates
On 16 March supporters of the indigenous presidential contender Thelma Cabrera staged demonstrations across Guatemala to demand the resignation of the magistrates sitting on the supreme electoral tribunal (TSE) for barring her from competing in elections on 25 June.
Friday, 17 March 2023
MEXICO: Gov’t hails economic resilience
On 16 March, Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador highlighted the economic achievements of his government at the 86th national banking convention in Mérida, capital of Yucatán state.
Friday, 17 March 2023
PARAGUAY: Abdo Benítez discusses bi-oceanic corridor and Itaipú with Lula
On 16 March Paraguay’s President Mario Abdo Benítez met his Brazilian peer Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the Brazilian border city of Foz do Iguaçu, where they both pledged to develop the ‘bi-oceanic corridor’ as well as to renegotiate the 50-year-old agreement governing the operation of the giant, jointly-owned Itaipú hydroelectric project.
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