Latin America
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The Trump administration on Thursday announced that it would impose an escalating tariff of up to 25% on all goods imported from Mexico unless the country does more to reduce the flow of migrants across the U.S. southern border… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Exxon Mobil Corp. on Thursday took advantage of a recent Trump administration policy change to launch a multimillion-dollar suit under the Helms-Burton Act, alleging two Cuban companies have made use of property seized from the oil and gas behemoth since Fidel Castro came to power… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A New York federal judge on Thursday halted the Trump administration’s revocation of temporary immigration protections for some 59,000 Haitians living in the U.S. since a 2010 earthquake, saying a group of refugees that sued over the move is likely to win its case… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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An Argentine federal court on Thursday convicted several individuals of meddling with the official investigation into the South American country’s deadliest incident of terrorism, the 1994 bombing in Buenos Aires of the AMIA Jewish community center that killed more than 80 people… Read this piece in its entirety at LobeLog.
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Brazilian mining company Vale SA lied to investors about safety measures at a mining dam in the South American country that collapsed on Jan. 25, in an incident similar to a 2016 disaster, according to a proposed class action filed Friday in New York federal court… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 