Peruvian journalist-candidate assassinated after reporting death threats, Lula the U.S. left only weeks before Brazil’s election; U.N. reporting repression has reached “every sector” of Nicaragua
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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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
Opposition proposal to formally eliminate Venezuela’s bolívar & adopt U.S. dollar has gained attention as inflation tops 500% — though the country’s own economic academy warns it lacks the conditions to carry it out
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
Venezuela attends G20 energy talks in Houston as special guest following Trump’s August oil deal — underscoring how far Venezuela’s economic realignment has moved post-Maduro
Miami Beach Commission votes 4-3 to approve scaled-down GTA VI deal worth $3-4 million. Miami-Dade County’s far larger “Vice City” proposal remains unapproved, opposed by the sheriff, a commissioner & now the chief judge
Lula holds back-to-back meetings with NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani & Senator Bernie Sanders, a day before opening the U.N. General Assembly — weeks before Brazil’s October 4 election
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
Venezuela’s Conatel orders providers to restore access to at least 10 previously blocked news sites, tied to the ongoing government-opposition dialogue
U.S. sanctions 11 Cuban entities & officials tied to nickel mining & military research: the latest in a sequence under an Executive Order framework targeting resources sustaining Cuba’s ruling elite
Trump promises $5,000 payment to every American adult if Republicans hold Congress in November — a pledge that would cost over $1 trillion, with no clear funding source or legislative path to make it real
“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
Miami Beach Commission votes 4-3 to approve scaled-down GTA VI deal worth $3-4 million. Miami-Dade County’s far larger “Vice City” proposal remains unapproved, opposed by the sheriff, a commissioner & now the chief judge
Opposition proposal to formally eliminate Venezuela’s bolívar & adopt U.S. dollar has gained attention as inflation tops 500% — though the country’s own economic academy warns it lacks the conditions to carry it out
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