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LATIN AMERICAN POLITICAL UPDATE TODAY:
Nicaragua, anti-Bishop Ortega placed under house arrest after predawn raid
Rolando Alvarez, Nicaragua's most influential Catholic One bishop, Church, and critics of President Daniel Ortega's government are under house arrest in the capital Managua after a predawn attack, police said Friday. is the latest in a government crackdown on the local Catholic Church, which acted as a mediator between the government and its opponents until relations soured after the 2018 anti-Ortega protests.
Cuba to send hundreds of doctors to Italy amid shortages
Havana – Cuba to send hundreds of doctors to southern Italy next month Cuban state media reported this week. Especially during the COVID pandemic, he will send surplus medical workers to countries in need.
Starting in September, Cuba will begin sending about 500 doctors of various specialties to Calabria, where medical personnel are in short supply, Cubadebate reported.
Bolsonaro's re-election campaign to double down on opposition's past scandals
President Jair Boronaro's re-election campaign slams opposition candidate Luis Inacio Lula da Silva's left-wing workers The party plans to rekindle historic corruption issues surrounding the campaign, sources told Reuters.
Sources say Bolsonaro's campaign is using his social media to target past corruption issues, Lula's former and current allies, South American nations with left-wing governments. focus on the socio-economic issues of
Support for Bolsonaro, who trails Lula in the polls, is gradually increasing.
Argentina secures $740 million in loans from development banks
Buenos Aires – Argentina has secured six loans worth $740 million from the Latin American Development Bank (CAF). has been secured, the economy ministry said on Friday. The country is trying to eliminate a serious budget deficit and foreign currency shortage.
The ministry stated that the credits will "encourage exports, promote sustainable development, improve road and educational infrastructure, ensure food security, and expand water and sanitation services in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area." I will.”
Mexico calls disappearance of 43 students 'national crime'
MEXICO CITY – Mexican officials said late Thursday that the 2014 43 The government's involvement in the student's disappearance, a "state crime", is another scathing assessment of the previous administration's actions regarding one of the country's worst human rights abuses in recent times.
"There is no indication that the students are alive," said Alejandro Encinas, Mexico's top human rights authority. "It's a sad reality." Despite an extensive search, only the bodies of three students were found and identified, Encinas said. I have long expressed my hope that (Edited by Steven Grattan and Sarah Morland, edited by Alistair Bell)
