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Friday, 24 March 2023
COLOMBIA: Petro suffers first major congressional defeat
Colombia’s government led by President Gustavo Petro announced on 23 March that it was abandoning its planned political reform bill, saying that after congressional amendments it no longer fulfilled its objectives of strengthening democracy, the role of political parties, and the representation of women.
Friday, 24 March 2023
BRAZIL: Deadly clash between police and criminal gang in Rio
On 23 March, police from Brazil's south-eastern state of Rio de Janeiro announced the launch of an operation to capture high-ranking members of criminal organisations in the municipality of São Gonçalo, leading to at least 13 fatalities, according to local media reports.
Friday, 24 March 2023
EL SALVADOR: Corte-IDH hears landmark abortion case
On 23 March the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (Corte-IDH) held a second and final day of hearings on the case of a young woman known only as ‘Beatriz’, who was denied an abortion by El Salvador despite her high-risk pregnancy.
Friday, 24 March 2023
MEXICO: Gov’t rejects spying claims
On 23 March, Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador denied that the defence ministry (Sedena) spied on citizens.
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