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IDB administrators fire Claver-Carone
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A wave of indigenous demonstrations for the Brazilian Congress
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Former Brazilian president withdraws from electoral debate
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Argentine oil strike after deadly refinery explosion
Sept 22 (Reuters) – The latest on Latin American politics today:
Evo Morales attacks Gabriel Boric for going to sea
Former Bolivian President Evo Morales on Thursday addressed neighboring Chilean President Gabriel Boric about his position on restoring the sea for Bolivia.
Bolivia lost to the Pacific Ocean in 1884 after a war with Chile.
After Boric condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and violation of its neighbor’s sovereignty at the United Nations this week, Morales tweeted: “I am sure he will take the same position regarding the 1879 invasion and reaffirm his proposal for #MarParaBolivia. “
Boric has in the past expressed willingness to restore the sea for Bolivia, but subsidized it after taking office in March. The two countries have not maintained formal diplomatic relations since 1978.
IDB Directors Vote to Recommend Claver-Carone’s Removal
WASHINGTON — The board of trustees of the Inter-American Development Bank has voted unanimously to impeach President Mauricio Claver-Carone following an independent ethics investigation, two sources familiar with the vote said.
The IDB board will take a final decision next week on the president of Latin America’s largest growth bank, according to the resources.
Claver-Carone met earlier Thursday with the bank’s 14 administrators to discuss an investigation through the Davis Polk law firm that uncovered evidence of whistleblower allegations that he had an intimate relationship with a subordinate.
Indigenous people watch as Brazil’s Congress faces Bolsonaro’s reaction
SAO PAULO — A record 60 indigenous leaders, 31 women, are running in Brazil’s federal election next month in reaction to President Jair Bolsonaro’s policies.
Many say their main goal is to get to the bottom of the policies of Bolsonaro, who stopped designating any new indigenous territory and pushed mining and commercial agriculture into existing reserves, encouraging violent land grabbing and illegal mining.
Meanwhile, of the more than 30 transgender applicants who came forward, researchers say 80 percent won threats or were bullied in this election cycle.
Brazil’s former president makes what might be voters’ newest argument
Influential former Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso, who served two terms between 1995 and 2002, said in a tweet that he would withdraw from the political debate because of his age, but shared his final opinion on the upcoming presidential election on Oct. 2.
“I am old and although I do not have serious fitness issues, I no longer have the power to actively participate in the pre-election political debate,” he tweeted, adding that he asks the electorate to “be engaged. “to the fight against poverty and inequality Array . . and institutional strengthening”, among other largely liberal causes.
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in May a photo of the two former presidents pounding their masked fists, a move aimed at bringing Brazil’s left and middle closer to the unity opposed to Bolsonaro, who trails Lula in the polls.
Argentine oil strike after deadly refinery explosion
BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Argentina’s oil union announced an indefinite strike Thursday to demand greater protection measures after an explosion at a refinery in the western province of Neuquen killed three people.
Neuquen officials said the cause of the fire, which broke out in a garage tank at the New American Oil refinery, is still under investigation.
The Rio Negro, Neuquén and La Pampa Private Oil and Gas Union covers some 25,000 and activities in Vaca Muerta, the largest shale fuel reserve in the world right now. (Compiled through Sarah Morland; Editing by Jonathan Oatis; Editing through Sam Holmes)