🇺🇸🤝🇸🇻 — The U.S. government expresses its support for El Salvador's constitutional reform, which allows for the president's indefinite reelection, and rejects any comparison of the Central American country to a dictatorship:

“The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador was democratically elected to advance the interests and policies of its constituents. The decision to make constitutional changes is theirs. It is theirs to decide how their country should be governed.

We reject the comparison of El Salvador's democratically based and constitutionally sound legislative process with illegitimate dictatorial regimes elsewhere in our region.”

🇦🇷❗️🇧🇷🏴‍☠️ — The government of Argentine President Javier Milei has announced a task force to combat the presence of the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) in Argentina, aiming to prevent infiltration by the Brazilian criminal organization.

➡️ The announcement was made by Minister of National Security Patricia Bullrich during a press conference alongside the newly appointed director of the Federal Investigation Department (DFI) of the Argentine Federal Police, Commissioner General Pascual Mario Bellizzi.

💥 According to Bullrich, investigations have uncovered typical PCC practices within Argentine prisons, including initiation and baptism rituals in which new faction members receive a registration number — methods that replicate the PCC’s modus operandi in Brazil.

➡️ Bellizzi noted that there is not yet significant circulation of PCC-affiliated criminals in Argentina, but authorities will maintain surveillance with the goal of preventing their establishment in the country “at all costs,” stating that such groups are “extremely violent and bring crime with them.”

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🇺🇸💥🇧🇷 — During a hearing in the National Congress, the former head of the US State Department denounces that the Biden administration directly helped Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's campaign in the 2022 elections.

🇺🇸💥🇧🇷 — During a hearing in the National Congress, Mike Benz denounces that Brazilian fact-checking agencies were financed by the Biden administration to destabilize the 2022 elections in Brazil; he warns that all of this was financed by USAID and in collaboration with the CIA in the logistics sector

🇧🇷💥🇺🇸🇺🇸 — 😎 Mike Benz denounces that joint action by the CIA and the Democratic Party against the Brazilian internet began at the end of 2018, after the victory of then-president Jair Bolsonaro; Democrats believed that the internet and the mobilization of digital hate groups would be responsible for Bolsonaro's victory in the elections.

🇺🇸❗️🇧🇷🇷🇺 — Donald Trump says that tariffs for countries purchasing Russian oil will be close to 100%, and Brazil is in the crosshairs.

🇧🇷🏦⚖️👨‍⚖ — President of Itaú, also known as the “Brazilian BlackRock,” says the bank will comply with the Magnitsky Act in Brazil. The statement was made by CEO Milton Maluhy Filho after being questioned about the enforcement of the law by the United States, which imposed sanctions on Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre de Moraes.

➡️ According to the executive, Itaú maintains a policy of constant monitoring and compliance with legal requirements in the countries where it operates. “We comply with local and international regulations and legislation from all countries,” Maluhy said when asked about potential effects of the American sanctions on the bank’s operations.

➡️ Maluhy also emphasized that, due to its global operations, Itaú is used to dealing with various regulatory frameworks. The executive, however, avoided commenting directly on the specific case involving Moraes.