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    President Nicolas Maduro addresses supporters gathered outside the Miraflores presidential palace after electoral authorities declared him the winner.

    Maduro declared winner in Venezuela’s disputed presidential election

    Nicolás Maduro will face the challenge of legitimising the vote to his people and the rest of the world, given his government’s history of repression and fraudulent elections.

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    • Patricia Laya and Andreina Itriago Acosta

    June

    Police clear the streets during clashes with anti-government protesters outside the Argentinian Congress in Buenos Aires.

    Argentine Senate passes Milei reform bill as protests rage outside

    The bill is key to overhauling an embattled economy, and includes plans for privatising public firms, granting special powers to the president and spurring investment.

    • Nicolás Misculin and Eliana Raszewski
    Claudia Sheinbaum addresses supporters at the Zocalo, Mexico City’s main square, after declaring victory.

    Mexico’s first woman president inherits debt and violence

    Claudia Sheinbaum capitalised on outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s popularity while also inheriting rampant criminal violence and a large fiscal deficit.

    • Maya Averbuch and Alex Vasquez