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By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) -Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa on Tuesday led a march against a decision by the constitutional court to temporarily suspend provisions in recently passed security laws, in what critics say is an attempt to curtail judicial independence. Noboa has said the march was intended to preserve vital efforts to combat crime …

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By Sofia Menchu GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) -A Guatemalan court on Tuesday sentenced six people to prison terms ranging from six to 25 years for their roles in a 2017 fire that killed 41 girls at a state-run youth shelter. The defendants – two former police officers and four former child protection officials – were convicted …

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By Phil Stewart, Jonathan Landay and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) -During President Joe Biden’s administration, the U.S. military carried out waves of air drops of food into Gaza, delivering some 1,220 tons of assistance. But the option hasn’t been seriously considered by Donald Trump’s administration, U.S. officials and other sources say, even as he voices …

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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has nominated Maria del Carmen Bonilla to serve as deputy finance minister, a congressional committee agenda seen by Reuters on Tuesday showed. The committee will consider Bonilla’s nomination in a Wednesday hearing, accoring to the agenda. Bonilla currently leads the finance ministry’s public credit and international affairs unit. …

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SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Albemarle’s La Negra lithium processing plant in Chile is operating normally after an “incident” last week, the company told Reuters on Tuesday, after a local lawmaker said authorities had opened an investigation.  There were no injuries and sales of the metal used to make lithium-ion batteries are not expected to be affected, Albemarle …

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