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China applies 55% tariff on Brazilian beef on October 1 after Brazil exhausts annual export quota — but Argentina, bound by its own China quota, has only limited room to pick up the slack
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Venezuela’s interim government frees dozens of political prisoners after U.S.-backed talks with opposition, but rights groups & negotiators say the releases stop short of structural reform
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Venezuela’s interim government frees dozens of political prisoners after U.S.-backed talks with opposition, but rights groups & negotiators say the releases stop short of structural reform
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U.N.’s Human Rights Office says repression in Nicaragua “has reached every sector,” citing 185 National Assembly votes with zero dissents & at least 56 shuttered media outlets — findings compiled remotely after Nicaragua barred U.N. investigators from entering the country
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Journalist & regional candidate Susy Aponte Polo shot dead in Peru, nine days after accusing a senior police official of ordering an attack against her life. Regional governor of Áncash now demands a state of emergency
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Lula skips BRICS summit, campaigns to warn Brazilians to keep resources “in the hands of the Brazilian people,” a nationalist call to arms to rally domestic support weeks before election
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Nicaragua’s neighbors split sharply over Ortega’s reform ending real opposition elections — Peru, Costa Rica, Guatemala & Paraguay issue formal rebukes as Brazil & Mexico's silence draws direct criticism
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Security
President Abelardo de la Espriella’s hardline offensive against Colombia’s narco-terror groups has produced dozens of arrests, dissident commander killings & major drug seizures in a single week — part of a broader U.S.-backed regional security push
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President Abelardo de la Espriella’s hardline offensive against Colombia’s narco-terror groups has produced dozens of arrests, dissident commander killings & major drug seizures in a single week — part of a broader U.S.-backed regional security push
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Security
Colombian authorities arrests wife & daughter of Ecuadorian gang leader “Fito” on Interpol warrants tied to a $25 million money-laundering scheme, as the once-fugitive gang boss awaits trial in U.S. federal custody
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“Comandante 7,” alleged leader of Ecuador’s Los Tiguerones, expelled from Colombia, transferred to a maximum-security Ecuadorian prison, five days after his capture near Bogotá — underscoring deepening Colombia-Ecuador cooperation against criminal groups
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State Department redirects $52 million in military aid from Europe & the Middle East to Ecuador, Colombia, Peru & Panama — signifying another concrete marker of Washington’s pivot toward the Western Hemisphere
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Mexican forces capture “El Pepa,” a La Línea plaza boss near the Chihuahua-U.S. border, in an operation U.S. Ambassador Ronald Johnson publicly credited to shared intelligence between the two countries
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South America
Colombian President De La Espriella says Russian national is captured in Bogotá and to be expelled over alleged espionage, ELN ties, and a betting-fraud scheme
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Colombian President De La Espriella says Russian national is captured in Bogotá and to be expelled over alleged espionage, ELN ties, and a betting-fraud scheme
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South America
Ecuador’s National Assembly passes law raising prison sentences for recruiting children into criminal gangs to as much as 26 years
South America
A tourist vessel capsized off Santa Marta amid strong Caribbean swells & heavy rain, throwing 20 people into the water — all were rescued unharmed after nearby boats responded
South America
President De la Espriella marks first 36 days with a nationwide address covering the fiscal crisis, a security offensive, and the earthquake recovery efforts
South America
Ecuador’s Daniel Noboa meets with Xi Jinping in Beijing, discusses exports, national debt, and the Chinese-built Coca Codo Sinclair plant — even as his government simultaneously deepens security ties with Washington
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