Key Points —Argentine President Javier Milei will host Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel at Casa Rosada at 14:00 on Thursday, April 23 — the first formal activity after the president’s return from his third state visit to Israel, and Thiel’s third known encounter with Milei since February 2024. —Thiel — whose estimated fortune ranges from US$23 […]

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Key Points —Luisa María Alcalde accepted President Claudia Sheinbaum’s offer on Wednesday, April 22 to lead the Consejería Jurídica del Ejecutivo Federal, leaving her post as national president of the Morena party after 18 months. —The move fills the vacancy created by Esthela Damián Peralta, who resigned the Consejería Jurídica to seek the Morena gubernatorial […]

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Key Points —Ecuador’s Corte Nacional de Justicia approved the Topo extradition on April 22 at 15:00, clearing Darío Javier Peñafiel Nieto — second-in-command of Los Choneros after Fito’s July 2025 transfer — for delivery to the Eastern District of New York on seven charges tied to large-scale narcotics trafficking and firearms offenses. —The decision was […]

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Brazilian group BTG Pactual, Latin America's largest investment bank, is awaiting authorisation from Uruguay's Central Bank (BCU) to begin operating in the local financial market following its $175 million acquisition of HSBC Uruguay, agreed in July 2025. Group executives expect regulatory approval to come through by mid-year, allowing them to begin operations gradually in the second half of 2026.