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Trump, Russia and Family: revelations regarding the detail of meetings held between senior members of the Trump campaign and Russian intermediaries continue to create disquiet. The voluntary release of emails from Donald Trump Jr appears to have blown away the PR strategy followed by the Trump team since the election – that it was unaware Russia favoured a Trump win.
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Brazil and Lula Conviction: the near ten-year sentence for the popular former president pushes the corruption probes into another gear. Temer survived another week in office, despite the allegations overhanging him. The one issue that all politicians in Brazil seem to agree on is to target the judiciary.
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Venezuela: the opposition ran a massive unofficial plebiscite to underline discontent with current attempts to change the constitution, and the government in general. The central bank published figures showing that foreign reserves had fallen below US$10bn for the first time in 15 years.
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