Argentina transfers glacier protection authority to provinces
→ Provincial permit offices can now approve mining in glacier zones
Argentina
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Latin America
US lifts sanctions on Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodríguez
→ The US removed Delcy Rodríguez from the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions list, enabling her to more freely work with US companies and investors.
Latin America
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United States offers $3M reward for information on Haiti's criminal groups
→ The incentive seeks to crack gang funding to constrain their operational reach.
Latin America
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Argentina doubles LPG shipments to India
→ This diversifies India's LPG supply amid West Asia disruptions.
Argentina
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Cuba suffers second nationwide blackout in a week
→ The blackout cut island-wide access to the national electricity grid and left hospitals, water systems and other vital centres dependent on isolated 'micro-islands' of generation.
Latin America
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Leonardo acquires Iveco Defence Business for €1.6bn
→ Ownership and operational control of the spun-off IDV Group—including the IDV and ASTRA brands and seven R&D centres—now rests with Leonardo, consolidating responsibility for design, development and production of tracked and wheeled armoured, logistic, and tactical military vehicles under Leonardo's corporate control.
Germany
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US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit halts investors' efforts to trace Argentina's US assets
→ A temporary judicial stay bars investors from using U.S. discovery to locate or access Argentine assets, including central bank reserves, for enforcement of the $16 billion YPF-related judgment.
Argentina
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United States extends creditor protection for Venezuela-owned Citgo
→ A U.S. Treasury license creates a temporary legal bar on creditor enforcement against Citgo's assets, preventing seizures or other enforcement remedies until May 5.
Latin America
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Cuba restores national power grid and restarts Antonio Guiteras power plant
→ Electricity generation remains insufficient to meet demand, creating an ongoing constraint on reliable nationwide power supply; a U.S. cutoff of oil sales restricts fuel availability for oil-fired generation.
Latin America
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Chile suspends 43 environmental protections
→ The suspension removes enforceable environmental requirements across areas including power-plant emissions, smelting-plant pollution controls and procedures for creating new national parks, narrowing regulatory obligations for affected sectors and authorities.
Chile
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Argentina withdraws from World Health Organization
→ Removal from WHO membership severs Argentina's access to WHO-led monitoring, disease tracking, healthcare-promotion, and medical-provider training frameworks.
Argentina
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United States blocks oil shipments to Cuba
→ The nationwide blackout removes grid electricity availability across Cuba, constraining operation of public services, critical infrastructure, and businesses that depend on continuous power.
Latin America
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