Interamerican Watch Newsletter - Issue 540
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Inter-American Watch
Tuesday 10/27/2026Argentina
The complaint was filed by Fernando Míguez, head of the Foundation for Peace and Climate Change, and was lodged in the National Criminal and Correctional Court No. 46, with the intervention of Prosecutor's Office No. 28. The complaint alleges irregularities in the creation of the so-called University of the Argentine Football Association and raises possible crimes of fraud, illicit association, and usurpation of titles and honors. ...Read more >>Source: agencianova.com
Bolivia
The United States announced new visa restrictions this Thursday against 40 Bolivian citizens, including deputies, prosecutors, judges, and former police officials, whom it links to alleged corruption and drug trafficking activities. Of the 40, only 15 have been identified, and the rest are believed to be immediate family members. ...Read more >>Source: infobae.com
Brazil
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, at almost 81 years old, was re-elected this Sunday for an unprecedented fourth term in Brazil, defeating the liberal candidate Flávio Bolsonaro in the runoff election. With this victory, Brazil deviates from the rightward shift seen in countries like Argentina, Chile, and Colombia, backed by US President Donald Trump, and remains one of the few progressive bastions in the region. ...Read more >>Source: infobae.com
Colombia
The United States revoked visas this Thursday for more than 60 high-ranking officials, former officials, and politicians from Colombia and Bolivia, whom it accuses of links to drug trafficking and corruption. Among those sanctioned is Ricardo Roa Barragán, former president of the state oil company Ecopetrol and former campaign manager for the leftist Gustavo Petro's 2022 presidential election. ...Read more >>Source: infobae.com
Cuba
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday called on those seeking political change on the island to establish a “discreet partnership with the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency),” in a new message of pressure from Washington on the Cuban regime. ...Read more >>Source: infobae.com
Ecuador
Daniel Noboa accuses Gustavo Petro of belonging to "a drug trafficking and money laundering network"
Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa accused former Colombian President Gustavo Petro of drug trafficking and money laundering, amid political tensions and arrests related to campaign financing. ...Read more >>Source: rpp.pe
Interamerican Institute for Democracy
On November 8, Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz will mark his first year in office. These almost 12 months were marked by protests, blockades, and strong social and political pressure, in addition to the severe economic and energy crisis the country was already suffering before his arrival at the Presidential Palace... “The president has taken part in the government, but he has not taken power, which is in the hands of a system we generically call the narco-state,” he asserted. According to the director of the Interamerican Institute for Democracy, officials, authorities, and people linked to the government participate in activities related to drug trafficking. ...Read more >>Source: infobae.com
Spain
The Moroccan regime once again calls into question the territorial integrity of Spain. The Vice President of Morocco's House of Representatives, Adil El Bitar, has again claimed sovereignty over Ceuta, Melilla, and the Spanish territories in North Africa, presenting his expansionist aspirations as a matter of "legitimate rights" and "territorial unity." ...Read more >>Source: gaceta.es
The Civil Guard carried out a raid this Thursday against the NGO No Name Kitchen in Ceuta, which is under investigation for the alleged distribution of pepper spray and knives to undocumented migrants who invaded the autonomous city on July 30 and 31. The operation, which began shortly after 6:00 a.m., has so far resulted in at least three arrests and searches of several facilities linked to the organization. ...Read more >>
Source: theobjective.com
United States
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the United States telecommunications regulator, blocked the authorization of two devices for the first time because they contained a video surveillance chip manufactured by a Huawei subsidiary. The agency thus exercised, for the first time, a power it had adopted just days earlier. ...Read more >>Source: infobae.com
The Pentagon added the Confucius Institutes and 80 related entities to its list of organizations it considers a threat to US national security. The decision, announced on Friday, October 23, by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, targets cultural centers funded by the Chinese regime that, according to the official, operated covertly at 30 universities across the country with the aim of “stealing intellectual property and infiltrating the minds of American students.” ...Read more >>
Source: infobae.com
Venezuela
The Center for Documentation and Social Analysis of the Venezuelan Federation of Teachers (Cendas-FVM) estimates that the cost of the basic food basket in September was $761.35. More than 3,800 minimum wages would be needed to cover this expense. ...Read more >>Source: infobae.com
María Corina Machado returned to Venezuela after seven failed attempts by air, sea, and land, as announced by the opposition leader herself on social media after being out of the country since December 2015. ...Read more >>
Source: infobae.com
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, returned to Venezuela on Sunday after almost a year in exile and was greeted by thousands of supporters in the streets, in a direct challenge to the interim government of Delcy Rodríguez, backed by the United States. ...Read more >>
Source: infobae.com