AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoGeopolitics on the move: The USS Nimitz carrier strike group has entered the Caribbean as U.S.-Cuba tensions flare, with the deployment landing right after U.S. Justice charged former Cuban leader Raúl Castro over the 1996 shootdown of civilian aircraft—signaling Washington is keeping Cuba firmly on the agenda. Brazil’s compliance pressure: Brazil’s Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office urged Ibama not to renew the license for the country’s only uranium mine unless quilombola communities near the site are properly consulted, raising the stakes for extractive projects. Trade and infrastructure risk: Argentina opened bids for a 25-year Paraná-Paraguay waterway concession despite warnings of “serious and obvious irregularities,” with the corridor vital to most agro exports and key cargo for Brazil and neighbors. Tech and trust: Brazil’s Lula is again pushing big tech on liability for illegal user content, as the country tightens the rules of the platform economy.
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