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Brazil electoral court fines Meta $1.3M in Lula-Bolsonaro spat

Governance, Legal

Eight charged with genocide in death of Colombian leftists

Governance, Legal

Bolivia arrests ex-judge on suspicion of drug trafficking

Governance, Legal

Bolivia’s top judge flees country, alleging persecution

Governance, Legal

Colombia’s Congress approves law on surrender of guerrillas

Governance, Legal

Argentine judge dismisses case against Milei over alleged crypto scam

Governance, Legal

US invokes torture law in revamped case against Maduro

Governance, Legal

Deforestation in Brazil Amazon hits nearly four-decade low

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Argentina asks international court to block Falklands oil project

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Colombia peace court indicts ex-FARC members over anti-Indigenous crimes

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Bolivia investigates Morales over alleged ties to 2009 killings of Europeans

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Brazil prosecutors sue Shell for $108M over deadly 2024 floods

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Argentine court restores limits on foreign land ownership

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US files new torture charges against Venezuela’s Maduro, wife

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Maduro expected to face new US torture charges

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Chile’s Kast backs away from contested security reforms

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US jails Rubio ally for secret Venezuela lobbying

Governance, Legal

Argentina raises limit on foreign land purchases

Governance, Legal

Hundreds of women protest in defense of abortion rights in Colombia

Governance, Legal

Argentina’s Milei threatens arbitration over Falklands oil project

Governance, Legal

Venezuela govt, opposition agree to begin top court reform in new talks

Governance, Legal

Venezuela govt, opposition agree to begin top court reform in new talks

Governance, Legal

Guyana urges Venezuela at UN to respect ICJ’s ruling on Essequibo region

Governance, Legal

Colombian president to challenge court orders against his security policy 

Governance, Legal

Ecuador court sentences ex-president Bucaram to nine years in corruption case

Governance, Legal

Brazilian court debates fracking for oil and gas

Governance, Legal

Navitas Petroleum under fire as Argentina asserts Falklands claim

Governance, Legal

Argentines contest British-Israeli oil project near Falklands

Governance, Legal

Two Argentine officials charged over tainted fentanyl scandal

Governance, Legal

Former Ecuadorian president sentenced to five years for corruption

Governance, Legal

Brazil sues Discord over child safety measures, demands $100M in damages

Governance, Legal

ICC calls on Chad, Venezuela to reconsider withdrawals

Governance, Legal

Chile president announces reforms targeting organized crime

Governance, Legal

27 ex-guerrillas charged with crimes against humanity in Colombia

Governance, Legal

Venezuelan lawmakers approve rental bill to help quake victims

Governance, Legal

Peru ex-president Humala walks free after conviction quashed

Governance, Legal

Argentinian president signs decree to block, expel foreigners for hate speech

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