Peru’s top court reverses 2022 ruling to strip Congress of spending power 15 days before Fujimori takes office while Washington sanctions 10 Cuban entities, and outgoing Colombian President Gustavo Petro bars de la Espriella from a military base inauguration & suspends the transition process
Outgoing President Petro barred de la Espriella from a military base inauguration on July 13, suspended the transition process, and filed an annulment lawsuit before the Council of State — with 25 days until August 7 transfer of power
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Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez claims 80% of collapsed buildings during earthquakes were privately developed — deflecting scrutiny from state-built Chavista housing projects razed in La Guaira
Trump administration designates 10 Cuban entities on July 13 — the sixth sanctions round since May 1 and the most direct targeting yet of the regime's domestic repression apparatus
U.S. declines to renew USMCA on July 1 — triggering annual reviews that will repeat every year until 2036 — while the agreement itself remains fully in force, U.S.-Mexico negotiations are already in their third round
U.S. Justice Department charges Sinaloa’s sitting governor with conspiring with Los Chapitos to flood the United States with fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine. Nine other current & former officials are charged alongside him. One allegedly murdered a DEA source
Paraguay senator Celeste Amarilla under fire for racist rant against French striker Kylian Mbappé after France eliminates Paraguay 1-0 in the round of 16
At Colombia’s official World Cup send-off ceremony in Bogotá, captain James Rodríguez “snubs” Gustavo Petro's daughter Antonella — a three-second moment that went viral across Colombia as presidential election heads into its final weeks
Brazil records lowest homicide rate in over a decade — but extortion, cybercrime, police killings, and disappearances all rose in the same period, while PCC and CV cells expanded across 12 U.S. states
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary’s two-day visit to Mexico City was the most significant bilateral security meeting in months — set against CIA agent deaths, drug indictments, and a viral moment nobody planned: Mexico’s Interior Minister’s arrival on motorbike
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