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Friday, 02 December 2022
Friday, 02 December 2022
BRAZIL: Rise in Amazon fires exposes challenges for Lula
On 1 December Brazil’s national institute for space research (INPE) reported that the number of fires in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest almost doubled in November compared to the same month in 2021.
Friday, 02 December 2022
GUATEMALA: Authorities hail arrest of top gang leader
On 1 December Guatemala’s interior minister, David Napoleón Barrientos, announced the arrest of a Salvadorean national, Walter Mauricio Trejo Mejía, alias ‘Míster’, who is believed to be the coordinator of criminal activities for the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang in Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador.
Friday, 02 December 2022
MEXICO: Minimum wage hike announced
On 1 December, Mexico’s Labour Minister Luisa María Alcalde announced that the minimum wage would increase by 20% in 2023.
Friday, 02 December 2022
CHILE: ICJ issues Silala river judgement
On 1 December the governments of both Chile and Bolivia celebrated the outcome of the dispute over the status and use of the waters of the Silala river before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague.
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