Mexican authorities are investigating the Texas company Ikon Midstream for its alleged involvement in a fuel smuggling network linked to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), which reportedly evaded millions in taxes by misclassifying fuels as lubricants.

The court determined that Colegio Santa María de Maipú failed to correctly implement its protocols in response to repeated bullying reports. The affected student had to transfer schools, while the school appealed the ruling.

Cuba has condemned the escalation of the blockade and accused the United States of initiating the "most intense, disproportionate, and dangerous offensive" in recent history of bilateral relations by including the Business Administration Group (GAE) in its latest sanctions.

As political tensions rise in Bolivia, Deputy Carlos Alarcón has proposed an extraordinary recall referendum that could include President Rodrigo Paz, amidst ongoing widespread protests and demands for his resignation.

The Temucuicui Autonomous Community accused that the modification announced by Kast seeks to fulfill an old aspiration of the elite and multinational companies: to open Mapuche lands to the market through alienation, taxation, and leasing. "We will oppose and fight to prevent this new genocide," they declared while demanding the freedom of werken Jorge Huenchullán.

The crisis within the Ministry of Security continues as President José Antonio Kast accepted the resignations of two undersecretaries, marking a significant shake-up in leadership just weeks after the new minister took charge.

The Environmental Evaluation Service (SEA) has recommended the approval of a contentious rare earth extraction project proposed by Aclara Resources in Penco-Lirquén, prompting local communities to organize a march in protest against the multinational mining company.

Former Security Minister Luis Cordero strongly rebuts José Antonio Kast's claims of rising security indices during Gabriel Boric's presidency, stating that the facts contradict the President and highlighting a lack of accurate information available to him.

The response to the Public Accountability report also came from the streets: social, student, feminist, and human rights organizations marched against cuts and Kast's megareform. The protest advanced along the Alameda toward La Moneda, until being repressed by police.

The forum featured participation from political figures and social leaders. Senator Fabiola Campillai stated that in Kast's Public Account, "we could hear the discourse of a President who in social matters only knows how to conjugate two verbs: to restrict and to punish," further questioning the government for having "provoked and deepened the rise in the cost of living." "The economic suffering of the people is collateral damage that does not concern them," the parliamentarian criticized. Watch the full forum here.