Latin America
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A U.S. environmental advocacy organization announced on Wednesday that it has lodged a lawsuit in Mexico seeking to force the country’s natural resources regulator to add three species of hammerhead shark to its list of protected wildlife, saying the suit could be the first of its kind… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The Third Circuit revived a Nicaraguan woman’s asylum petition on Friday, saying an immigration judge had erred in ruling that her claim couldn’t go forward because she hadn’t suffered physical harm during the course of her alleged past persecution… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The internal watchdog arm of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a report on Tuesday that criticized the regulator for shortcomings in monitoring and implementing a bilateral program with Mexico aimed at protecting the environment along the border… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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After the Trump administration sued Thursday to block a private group from building a wall-like structure along the U.S.-Mexico border, a Texas federal court ordered construction temporarily halted, saying it might run afoul of agreements between the two countries… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A Brazilian pension fund asked a New York state court Wednesday to award it more than $66 million it says it’s owed under a judgment it secured in the South American country against a home appliance distributor that allegedly defaulted on a line of credit… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 