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# The Americas
> Week of April 13, 2026
## Regional Summary
**Governing Is Mostly Arithmetic**
The Americas this week tested whether leaders can admit the constraints they face, rather than the ones their campaigns described. All are adjusting their relations with Washington. Not all can say so.
The starkest case was Brazil. Alexandre Ramagem, sentenced to 16 years by the Supreme Federal Tribunal for his role in the Bolsonaro coup attempt, walked out of US immigration custody in Orlando last week after Eduardo Bolsonaro rang Marco Rubio, the secretary of state. Mr Rubio contacted immigration enforcement; agents reviewed Ramagem's file and released him. Brazil's Federal Police were not told. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva demanded extradition and received none. The State Department then opened an inquiry into whether Brazilian officials had acted illegally by monitoring Ramagem on American soil — turning the demand back on Brasília. This is what arbitrary American power looks like: a cabinet official intervenes in an enforcement action after a call from a foreign opposition politician, and a man convicted by a Supreme Court walks free. Mr Lula's answer was to be in Hanover that same week, receiving military honours from Friedrich Merz, the German chancellor, and putting Brazil's critical minerals at the centre of a relationship he called "not ideological but a State relationship." He is building the kind of ties that might eventually reduce how much a single phone call can undo. Whether he has time is another matter: polls now show his likely opponent, Flávio Bolsonaro, matching or narrowly leading him in simulated runoffs, and Mr Lula's signature infrastructure programme has disbursed just 3% of its target.
Mark Carney has the clearest answer of any leader in the region. His Liberals won three by-elections on April 13, pushing the party to 174 seats and ending fourteen months of minority government. One of those seats — Terrebonne, a former sovereigntist stronghold won by a single vote in the general election before a court annulled the result — confirmed how broad the majority is. Mr Carney used it quickly. In a ten-minute address, he described roughly 70% of Canada's exports going to the United States as a structural vulnerability, not a trade relationship, and invoked Isaac Brock and Tecumseh's alliance against American expansion in 1812 — the moment in Canadian memory when the country chose not to become American. Parks Canada has suspended merchandise shipments to the United States, a small but concrete sign the shift is real. The July 2026 review of the Canada–US–Mexico trade agreement is the next test. Mr Carney enters it with a majority, a clear public argument, and no parliamentary constraint on either side.
Claudia Sheinbaum faces the harder balance. In Barcelona she ended eight years of diplomatic freeze with Spain in a private hour-long meeting, declared there had been no crisis — giving both sides cover — and invited Madrid to bring the next Summit in Defence of Democracy to Mexico in 2027. She also signed a joint communiqué calling on Cuba to let its people decide their future "in full freedom," language her predecessor Andrés Manuel López Obrador never would have endorsed. At home, Mexico's Senate president committed the chamber to ratifying the pending EU-Mexico trade deal, citing €82 billion in annual goods trade. Running the European and American tracks in parallel is the point. But the week also showed what that costs domestically. Pemex, which had spent eight weeks blaming a ghost tanker for a spill that fouled 900 kilometres of Gulf coastline, admitted under pressure that a ruptured pipeline near the Cantarell complex was responsible all along. Three officials were fired. The pressure came not from political opponents but from environmentalists who otherwise support Ms Sheinbaum, a climate scientist by training. A Gulf monitoring observatory and three dismissals do not answer a charge of ecocide from your own side.
Chile shows what happens when ideology meets arithmetic and arithmetic wins. José Antonio Kast's 40-measure economic package arrived damaged — a tuition measure was quietly dropped before his national broadcast — and polling showed 73% of Chileans want higher taxes on large corporations, the opposite of the plan's centrepiece. The swing bloc remains unmoved: Franco Parisi, whose People's Party holds 14 seats in the chamber, called the package inadequate for the middle class. The week's sharpest contradiction came on immigration. Mr Kast is the region's loudest anti-Maduro voice among sitting presidents; he backed the US-supported attempt to capture Nicolás Maduro in January. His government has confirmed it is working to restore consular ties with Venezuela — severed since 2024 — because more than 252,000 Venezuelans have outstanding expulsion orders in Chile and Chilean aircraft cannot land in Venezuela without diplomatic relations. The first mass deportation flight on April 16 fulfilled a campaign pledge; no Venezuelans were on it. Approval has fallen for four consecutive months to 33%, with disapproval at a term-high of 53%. The fall from 58% at inauguration looks less like the usual drop after an inauguration than structural erosion.
American power is not declining — the Ramagem episode shows it remains decisive — but it appears to be growing less predictable, and unpredictable power produces adaptation rather than alignment. Mr Carney has a majority and a historical argument. Ms Sheinbaum has two tracks running in parallel. Mr Lula is building in Europe while his polls slide at home. Mr Kast is learning that governing is mostly arithmetic. The divergence will sharpen: Canada heads toward a trade renegotiation, Brazil toward an election, and Chile toward a congressional fight over a plan its own voters do not want.
## Country Summaries
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Canada
Mark Carney secured his parliamentary majority on April 13, then spent the following week telling Canadians why it matters: the country's near-total dependence on the United States, he said, is a weakness that needs to be fixed.
The Liberals won all three byelections held that evening — Scarborough Southwest, University–Rosedale, and Terrebonne — pushing the party to 174 seats. Combined with five floor-crossings the party had already gained, that cleared the 172-seat majority threshold and ended fourteen months of minority government. Terrebonne carried particular weight: Liberal candidate Tatiana Auguste won the riding for the second time, having won it by a single vote in the general election before a court annulled the result. That Terrebonne, a former sovereigntist stronghold, went Liberal twice over confirmed how broad the majority's foundation was.
Mr Carney moved quickly to define the majority's purpose. On April 19, he released a ten-minute YouTube video describing roughly 70% of Canada's exports going to the United States as a structural vulnerability rather than a trade relationship. He held up a toy figure of General Isaac Brock — the British commander who died defending Canada against an American invasion in 1812 — given to him by the actor Mike Myers, and drew a parallel to Chief Tecumseh's alliance against US expansion. American tariffs, he said, were running at Depression-era levels. Canada's goal, he said, was "taking back control." He committed to regular public addresses tracking progress on diversification.
The War of 1812 lies at the heart of Canadian national identity as the moment the country chose not to become American. Mr Carney was invoking that history, signalling that the move away from US dependence is not a temporary policy response but a defining national project. Melissa Lantsman, the Conservative deputy leader, responded with her own video criticising Mr Carney for "more speeches, more guidance, more agreements to make agreements." Howard Lutnick, the US commerce secretary, had separately attacked Canada's approach to China.
The Bloc Québécois, which had held the kingmaker's position in the minority parliament, lost it with the Terrebonne defeat. Yves-François Blanchet, the Bloc leader, acknowledged the loss and shifted his focus to Quebec's provincial election in October 2026. The Liberals can now pass legislation and survive confidence votes without negotiating with the Bloc or the New Democratic Party (NDP).
The Conservative opposition faces a harder reckoning. Multiple Conservative MPs told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) on background that caucus morale is the lowest they have seen, and that private conversations about whether Pierre Poilievre should remain leader are underway. Some MPs confirmed discussions about invoking the Reform Act — the mechanism the party previously used to oust Erin O'Toole — though sources stressed those talks are not advanced and Mr Poilievre's base remains strong: he won 87% in a January leadership review. Conservative candidates were all but absent from the byelection results; the party's Terrebonne candidate received roughly 3%. Mr Poilievre committed to leading the party to the next election and attacked Mr Carney's economic record at the Canadian Club.
The trade war has reached into government operations. Parks Canada, a federal Crown agency, has suspended all merchandise shipments to the United States with no timeline for resumption — a small but telling sign that the shift Mr Carney described is already real, not just rhetorical. The government's main website lists tariff relief as one of six priorities, alongside coverage of the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East.
Mr Carney also issued a joint statement with Alexander Stubb, Finland's president, and joined a virtual leaders meeting on freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, extending his diplomatic reach beyond the US dispute. The July 2026 review of the Canada–US–Mexico trade agreement is now the next test. Mr Carney enters it with a majority, a clear public argument, and no parliamentary constraint on either side of him.
* **Carney secures Liberal majority via byelection sweep and floor crossings** — Mark Carney's Liberals secured a majority in the House of Commons on April 13 by winning all three byelections (Scarborough Southwest, University–Rosedale, Terrebonne) and absorbing five floor-crossers from the Conservatives and the New Democratic Party (NDP), pushing the party to 174 seats. The Terrebonne contest against the Bloc Québécois was closely watched; Liberal candidate Tatiana Auguste won her second consecutive race in the former sovereigntist stronghold. Opposition parties, particularly Conservatives, challenged the majority's legitimacy, calling floor crossings 'backroom deals.' *([theguardian.com](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/world/canada/mark-carney-liberals-majority-conservatives-defect.html))*
* **Poilievre delivers Canadian Club economic attack on Carney, proposes strategic resource reserve** — Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative leader, delivered a speech at the Canadian Club of Toronto on April 16, attacking Carney's economic credentials as an 'illusion of knowledge,' and separately unveiled a proposal for a strategic oil and minerals reserve to boost Canada's trade leverage. The speech and related Question Period exchanges generated sustained coverage of the Carney-Poilievre economic debate, including the Conservatives' 'Buy Canadian in Name Only' attack over infrastructure bank contracts.
* [Mark Carney secures majority government in Canada after byelection win — theguardian.com](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/14/canada-special-election-results-pm-mark-carney-majority-government)
* [Carney secures majority government with sweep of 3 byelections | CBC — cbc.ca](https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/livestory/byelections-terrebonne-university-rosedale-scarborough-southwest-9.7162168)
* [Carney's Liberals projected to form majority with 3 byelection victories (URL 1) — globalnews.ca](https://globalnews.ca/news/11798684/federal-byelections-2026/)
* [Carney's Liberals projected to form majority with 3 byelection victories (URL 2) — globalnews.ca](https://globalnews.ca/news/11798684/federal-byelections-2026)
* [Canada Special Elections 2026 Results: Carney's Liberal Party Gains Majority — nytimes.com](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/world/canada/mark-carney-liberals-majority-conservatives-defect.html)
* [Carney's Liberal Majority Reshapes Fortunes to the Left and the Right — nytimes.com](https://nytimes.com/2026/04/18/world/canada/carney-poilievre-lewis-canada-politics.html)
* [Carney on verge of Liberal majority government as votes cast in three by-elections — bbc.com](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62k3vvln5mo)
* [Toronto byelections boost Liberal seat count to majority — cp24.com](https://www.cp24.com/local/toronto/2026/04/14/a-mandate-to-get-to-work-liberals-secure-majority-with-toronto-byelection-wins/)
* [Carney vows 'more substance,' less 'showboating' after majority win (URL 1) — globalnews.ca](https://globalnews.ca/news/11800498/majority-liberal-government-canada/)
* [Carney vows 'more substance,' less 'showboating' after majority win (URL 2) — globalnews.ca](https://globalnews.ca/news/11800498/majority-liberal-government-canada)
* [Poilievre's Triple Trouncing Hands Carney a Majority — thetyee.ca](https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/04/14/Poilievre-Triple-Trouncing-Hands-Carney-Majority/)
* [The Liberals have their majority. Here's how Carney can use it — nationalpost.com](https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/the-liberals-have-their-majority-now-what)
* [Carney clinches slim majority in byelections, but 'lacklustre' Conservative showing makes time ripe to 'hunt' floor crossers — hilltimes.com](https://www.hilltimes.com/2026/04/14/carney-clinches-slim-majority-in-byelections-but-lacklustre-conservative-showing-makes-time-ripe-to-hunt-floor-crossers-say-politicos/499677/)
* [Beneath an expanded tent, Grits grapple with meaning of 'Liberal' — hilltimes.com](https://hilltimes.com/2026/04/15/beneath-an-expanded-tent-grits-grapple-with-meaning-of-liberal/499672)
* [Carney secured a majority in Parliament. Conservatives say voters were betrayed. — politico.com](https://politico.com/news/2026/04/17/carney-secured-a-majority-in-parliament-conservatives-say-voters-were-betrayed-00877875)
* [Liberal Party whip Gerretsen shifts to majority mindset — thewhig.com](https://www.thewhig.com/news/liberal-party-whip-gerretsen-shifts-to-majority-mindset)
* [Conservative MP tells reporters on hot mic, Liberals 'trying to poach me' — globalnews.ca](https://globalnews.ca/news/11799114/billy-morin-liberal-floor-crossing-attempts/)
* [A tale of two caucuses: Liberals cheer newest members, while Conservatives look to the 'long game' — nationalpost.com](https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/a-tale-of-two-caucuses-liberals-cheer-newest-members-while-conservatives-look-to-the-long-game)
* [Why the Liberals may pay a price for the party's increasingly big tent — nationalpost.com](https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/why-the-liberals-may-pay-a-price-for-the-partys-increasingly-big-tent)
* [Jamie Sarkonak: Why the Liberal state always wins — nationalpost.com](https://nationalpost.com/opinion/jamie-sarkonak-the-liberal-state-always-wins)
* [Conservative MPs defend Pierre Poilievre following byelection losses — thestar.com](https://www.thestar.com/politics/conservative-mps-defend-pierre-poilievre-following-byelection-losses/article_52e47d0a-9a03-4b7c-b48c-40b64a2ec286.html)
* [Canada's Liberals take parliamentary majority after latest special election — boingboing.net](https://boingboing.net/2026/04/14/canadas-liberals-take-parliamentary-majority-after-latest-special-election.html)
* [Sam Elliott and the Contradiction at the Heart of Carney's Majority — el-balad.com](https://www.el-balad.com/16916459)
* [338 Sunday Update: Liberals Hold Majority After By-Election Sweep — 338canada.ca](https://www.338canada.ca/p/338-sunday-update-liberals-hold-majority?action=share)
* [The Laval News | Liberals conclude their largest-ever policy convention in Montreal — lavalnews.ca](https://lavalnews.ca/liberals-conclude-their-largest-ever-policy-convention-in-montreal/)
* [Three seats, countdown - iPolitics — ipolitics.ca](https://www.ipolitics.ca/2026/04/13/byelections-terrebonne-ndp-avi-lewis-liberals/)
* [Carney's Majority has Changed the Game, Including for Poilievre (URL 1) — policymagazine.ca](https://www.policymagazine.ca/carneys-majority-has-changed-the-game-including-for-poilievre/)
* [Carney's Majority has Changed the Game, Including for Poilievre (URL 2) — policymagazine.ca](https://policymagazine.ca/carneys-majority-has-changed-the-game-including-for-poilievre)
* [Mark Carney's First Year: A Report Card on Five Fronts — policymagazine.ca](https://www.policymagazine.ca/mark-carneys-first-year-a-report-card-on-five-fronts/)
* [Capital Dispatch: Here's how PM Carney plans to use his new majority in Parliament — ctvnews.ca](https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/capital-dispatch-heres-how-pm-carney-plans-to-use-his-new-majority-in-parliament/)
* [Mark Carney Seals a Majority Government and Remakes Canada's Liberal Party — nytimes.com](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/world/canada/election-carney-liberal-party.html)
* [Élection partielle de Terrebonne | Les libéraux réitèrent leur exploit — lapresse.ca](https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/politique/2026-04-13/election-partielle-de-terrebonne/les-liberaux-reiterent-leur-exploit.php)
* [Élections partielles | Les libéraux deviennent majoritaires — lapresse.ca](https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/politique/2026-04-13/elections-partielles/les-liberaux-deviennent-majoritaires.php)
* [Politique fédérale | La « prime Carney » rapporte des dividendes — lapresse.ca](https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/analyses/2026-04-14/politique-federale/la-prime-carney-rapporte-des-dividendes.php)
* [Terrebonne vire libérale, pour de bon | Radio-Canada — ici.radio-canada.ca](https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2246111/terrebonne-elections-partielles-liberal-bloc-quebecois)
* [Le Bloc québécois rumine son bilan après sa défaite à l'élection partielle dans Terrebonne — ledevoir.com](https://www.ledevoir.com/politique/canada/971864/defait-lors-partielle-terrebonne-bloc-quebecois-rumine-bilan)
* [Trois élections partielles fédérales ont lieu lundi, dont celle dans Terrebonne — ledevoir.com](https://www.ledevoir.com/politique/canada/971408/trois-elections-partielles-federales-ont-lieu-lundi-dont-celle-terrebonne)
* [Le gouvernement Carney devient majoritaire après la victoire dans deux élections partielles dans la grande région de Toronto — ledevoir.com](https://www.ledevoir.com/politique/canada/971684/mark-carney-traverse-rubicon-majorite-parlementaire)
* [Majorité en main, Mark Carney veut tourner la page du «spectacle» parlementaire — ledevoir.com](https://www.ledevoir.com/politique/canada/971927/majorite-main-carney-veut-tourner-page-spectacle-parlementaire)
* [Mark Carney remporte sa majorité et pourra tenir le pouvoir jusqu'en 2029 — journaldequebec.com](https://www.journaldequebec.com/2026/04/14/mark-carney-remporte-sa-majorite-et-sera-au-pouvoir-jusquen-2029)
* [La candidate libérale Tatiana Auguste remporte la circonscription de Terrebonne — lactualite.com](https://lactualite.com/actualites/les-electeurs-de-terrebonne-de-retour-aux-urnes-apres-lannulation-du-dernier-vote/)
* [Federal byelection results: Liberals get their majority, and a tight win in Terrebonne — montrealgazette.com](https://montrealgazette.com/news/terrebonne-federal-byelection-results-tight-race-expected-again-between-liberals-and-bloc/)
* [Liberals win Terrebonne rematch after previous one-vote victory overturned — thecanadianpressnews.ca](https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/liberals-win-terrebonne-rematch-after-previous-one-vote-victory-overturned/article_d31a421c-0340-5608-9f9b-30501379f98c.html)
* [Vote count underway in three federal byelections that could give Liberals a majority — thecanadianpressnews.ca](https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/cp-newsalert-polls-close-in-federal-byelections-in-ontario-quebec/article_be176bbc-d35b-542c-9a0f-ea84e5a27752.html)
* [After throwing the full might of the Liberal Party machine into it, Grits secured Terrebonne — hilltimes.com](https://www.hilltimes.com/2026/04/14/after-throwing-the-full-might-of-the-liberal-machine-into-it-grits-secure-terrebonne/499763/)
* [Après Terrebonne, Blanchet a les yeux rivés sur l'élection au Québec cet automne — tvanouvelles.ca](https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2026/04/14/apres-terrebonne-blanchet-a-les-yeux-rives-sur-lelection-au-quebec-cet-automne)
* [Élection partielle dans Terrebonne : un résultat «décevant, mais pas du tout gênant» pour le Bloc — noovo.info](https://www.noovo.info/videos/2026/04/14/election-partielle-dans-terrebonne-un-resultat-decevant-mais-pas-du-tout-genant-pour-le-bloc/)
* [Un gouvernement libéral majoritaire | « Nous aurons plus de substance », promet Mark Carney — lapresse.ca](https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/politique/2026-04-14/un-gouvernement-liberal-majoritaire/nous-aurons-plus-de-substance-promet-mark-carney.php)
* [All eyes on Liberal-Bloc rematch in Terrebonne, Que., as byelection voters head to the polls — ipolitics.ca](https://www.ipolitics.ca/2026/04/13/all-eyes-on-liberal-bloc-rematch-in-terrebonne-que-as-byelection-voters-head-to-the-polls/)
* [Blanchet questioned on why the Bloc lost Terrebonne to the Liberals — montreal.citynews.ca](https://montreal.citynews.ca/video/2026/04/14/blanchet-questioned-on-why-the-bloc-lost-terrebonne-to-the-liberals)
* [Libman: Quebec's nationalist narrative gets a reality check at the ballot box — montrealgazette.com](https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/libman-quebecs-nationalist-narrative-gets-a-reality-check-at-the-ballot-box)
* [Chronique de Michel David | Élection partielle dans Terrebonne : le cours de l'action canadienne — ledevoir.com](https://www.ledevoir.com/opinion/chroniques/972293/cours-action-canadienne)
* [Québec | La nouvelle donne — lapresse.ca](https://lapresse.ca/contexte/chroniques/2026-04-19/quebec/la-nouvelle-donne.php)
* [Chronique de Konrad Yakabuski | Le début d'un temps nouveau — ledevoir.com](https://www.ledevoir.com/opinion/chroniques/973004/debut-temps-nouveau)
* [Comité du bulletin de vote le plus long | Un vandalisme électoral antidémocratique — lapresse.ca](https://www.lapresse.ca/dialogue/chroniques/2026-04-13/comite-du-bulletin-de-vote-le-plus-long/un-vandalisme-electoral-antidemocratique.php)
* [Libéraux majoritaires: Mark Carney a réussi «l'impossible», selon Emmanuelle Latraverse — tvanouvelles.ca](https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2026/04/13/liberaux-majoritaires-mark-carney-a-reussi-limpossible-selon-emmanuelle-latraverse)
* [Triplé libéral aux élections partielles fédérales : les faits saillants | Radio-Canada — ici.radio-canada.ca](https://ici.radio-canada.ca/info/en-direct/1013687/elections-partielles-terrebonne-scarborough-sud-ouest-university-rosedale)
* [Élections partielles | La candidate libérale Tatiana Auguste remporte la circonscription de Terrebonne — lapresse.ca](https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/politique/2026-04-13/elections-partielles/les-liberaux-deviennent-majoritaires.php)
* [Ontario Liberals want newly elected MP Doly Begum to campaign in upcoming byelection — globalnews.ca](https://globalnews.ca/news/11800556/ontario-liberals-want-newly-elected-mp-doly-begum-to-campaign-in-upcoming-byelection/)
* [Tasha Kheiriddin: Why Liberal Terrebonne win could push more Conservative MPs to flee — nationalpost.com](https://nationalpost.com/opinion/tasha-kheiriddin-why-liberal-terrebonne-win-could-push-more-conservative-mps-to-flee)
* [Mélanie Joly a été vue en train de flâner près d'un bureau de vote de Terrebonne! — cliqueduplateau.com](https://www.cliqueduplateau.com/2026/04/17/melanie-joly-a-ete-vue-en-train-de-flaner-pres-dun-bureau-de-vote-de-terrebonne/)
* [Carney says Canada's economic ties with US are a weakness that must be corrected — apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/canada-carney-economic-ties-us-cbf3bc6cbfde27cfae7d85602126785a)
* [Canada's prime minister says economic connection to the U.S. has shifted from a strength to a weakness — pbs.org](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/canadas-prime-minister-says-economic-connection-to-the-u-s-has-shifted-from-a-strength-to-a-weakness)
* [Carney says Canada 'faced down threats like this before' amid U.S. trade war — globalnews.ca](https://globalnews.ca/news/11807833/mark-carney-address-trade-war/)
* [Carney says Canada's U.S. ties have become 'weaknesses' that must be corrected — cbc.ca](https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carney-trump-trade-u-s-negotiations-weaknesses-9.7169671)
* [Relations avec les États-Unis : Mark Carney présente sa « ligne de conduite » — ici.radio-canada.ca](https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2247216/relation-canada-etats-unis-mark-carney-video)
* [Carney says close ties to U.S. have become 'weaknesses' that must be corrected - The Globe and Mail — theglobeandmail.com](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-carney-address-us-ties-trump/)
* [Carney: 'Weaknesses' in economic relationship between Canada and U.S. — toronto.citynews.ca](https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2026/04/19/carney-weaknesses-in-economic-relationship-between-canada-and-u-s/)
* [Carney says Canada's US ties have become a weakness | Reuters — reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/carney-says-canadas-us-ties-have-become-weakness-2026-04-19/)
* [Mark Carney addresses pivot from U.S. in video to Canadians — thestar.com](https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/carney-addresses-pivot-away-from-the-us-in-sunday-message-to-canadians/article_394b436d-784e-47cb-9c50-164acf42ebcd.html)
* [Exclusive: PM Carney declares U.S. ties now a 'weakness' in address to Canadians — ctvnews.ca](https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/exclusive-pm-carney-declares-us-ties-now-a-weakness-in-address-to-canadians/)
* [Mark Carney's Fireside Chat, or a Brief History of Forward Guidance - Policy Magazine — policymagazine.ca](https://www.policymagazine.ca/mark-carneys-fireside-chat-or-a-brief-history-of-forward-guidance/)
* [Mark Carney's Year Two: Results as a National Imperative - Policy Magazine — policymagazine.ca](https://www.policymagazine.ca/mark-carneys-year-two-results-as-a-national-imperative/)
* [The Leadership Limbo of Pierre Poilievre - Policy Magazine (URL 1) — policymagazine.ca](https://www.policymagazine.ca/the-leadership-limbo-of-pierre-poilievre/)
* [The Leadership Limbo of Pierre Poilievre - Policy Magazine (URL 2) — policymagazine.ca](https://policymagazine.ca/the-leadership-limbo-of-pierre-poilievre)
* [The Conservatives have a bigger problem than a Liberal majority: Their leader — theglobeandmail.com](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-pierre-poilievre-conservatives-problem-liberal-majority/)
* [Althia Raj: Pierre Poilievre helped make Mark Carney's week a rousing success — thestar.com](https://www.thestar.com/politics/political-opinion/pierre-poilievre-helped-make-mark-carneys-week-a-rousing-success/article_9c9ceebf-7f8d-478a-b4c0-284075836776.html)
* [Pierre Poilievre helped make Mark Carney's week a rousing success (St. Catharines) — stcatharinesstandard.ca](https://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/thestar/politics/political-opinion/pierre-poilievre-helped-make-mark-carneys-week-a-rousing-success/article_61bb89be-28fe-5da3-ad01-ac61e7656b8c.html)
* [PAINFUL TRUTH: Poilievre faces bleak future — aldergrovestar.com](https://aldergrovestar.com/2026/04/19/painful-truth-poilievre-faces-bleak-future/)
* [Conservative MPs publicly back Poilievre as leader even after recent stumbles — cbc.ca](https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/conservative-mps-poilievre-9.7164795)
* [How Poilievre's biggest strength became his biggest weakness — thehub.ca](https://thehub.ca/2026/04/17/how-poilievres-biggest-strength-became-his-biggest-weakness/)
* ['Poilievre lives to fight another day': Why Carney's majority may be a blessing in disguise for the CPC (URL 1) — thehub.ca](https://thehub.ca/podcast/video/poilievre-lives-to-fight-another-day-why-carneys-majority-may-be-a-blessing-in-disguise-for-the-cpc/)
* ['Poilievre lives to fight another day': Why Carney's majority may be a blessing in disguise for the CPC (URL 2) — thehub.ca](https://thehub.ca/podcast/video/poilievre-lives-to-fight-another-day-why-carneys-majority-may-be-a-blessing-in-disguise-for-the-cpc)
* [A moment Pierre Poilievre didn't want to meet — theglobeandmail.com](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/opinion/article-a-moment-pierre-poilievre-didnt-want-to-meet/)
* [Floor crossings say something about Poilievre, but more about Carney (and Trump) — thestar.com](https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/floor-crossings-say-something-about-poilievre-but-more-about-carney-and-trump/article_8141a656-0be0-469f-8dbe-3eb4ae23700e.html)
* [Supriya Dwivedi: Mark Carney's new majority is a blessing in disguise for Pierre Poilievre and Avi Lewis — thestar.com](https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/mark-carneys-new-majority-is-a-blessing-in-disguise-for-pierre-poilievre-and-avi-lewis/article_6fb4b8ef-8d13-45f6-895c-44f5cae431c6.html)
* [Conservative MPs back Poilievre after he says he'll lead party into next election — thestar.com](https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/conservative-mps-back-poilievre-after-he-says-hell-lead-party-into-next-election/article_cbcf552f-3d40-5981-bf5d-c2cfd28447d6.html)
* [Conservative MPs back Pierre Poilievre amid leadership questions — globalnews.ca](https://globalnews.ca/news/11802513/conservative-mps-pierre-poilievre/)
* [Poilievre May Be Struggling Right Now, but the Kids Still Like Him — thewalrus.ca](https://thewalrus.ca/poilievre-may-be-struggling-right-now-but-the-kids-still-like-him/)
* [Majorité pour Mark Carney, moment de vérité pour Pierre Poilievre | Radio-Canada — ici.radio-canada.ca](https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2246313/majorite-carney-poilievre-conservateur)
* [Opposition parties grapple with new reality of Liberal majority government — cbc.ca](https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/opposition-parties-majority-government-9.7163603)
* [Why Pierre Poilievre might quietly welcome the new Liberal majority — theglobeandmail.com](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-why-pierre-poilievre-might-quietly-welcome-the-new-liberal-majority/)
* [Conservatives say Poilievre's leadership is secure after Liberals land majority — theglobeandmail.com](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-conservatives-say-poilievres-leadership-secure-after-liberal-majority/)
* [Braid: Three byelection losses and a majority across the aisle; more hits to Poilievre's leadership — calgaryherald.com](https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/braid-three-byelection-losses-liberal-majority-pierre-poilievre-conservative-leadership)
* [Here's why Doug Ford won't replace Pierre Poilievre as federal leader... — brianlilley.com](https://www.brianlilley.com/p/heres-wny-doug-ford-wont-replace)
* [Harper Conservatism is passé, and so is Poilievre — hilltimes.com](https://www.hilltimes.com/2026/04/13/harper-conservatism-is-passe-and-pierre-poilievre-is-too/499098/)
* [EDITORIAL: Dear Conservatives, avoid liberal advice — ca.news.yahoo.com](https://ca.news.yahoo.com/editorial-dear-conservatives-avoid-liberal-210014898.html)
* [Geoff Russ: Orbán gave Conservatives a blueprint for capturing institutions — ca.news.yahoo.com](https://ca.news.yahoo.com/geoff-russ-orb-n-gave-100053632.html)
* [LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Hypocrisy on the right – The Carillon — thecarillon.com](https://www.thecarillon.com/local/2026/04/19/letter-to-the-editor-hypocrisy-on-the-right)
* [Poilievre might want to take a political science course – Brandon Sun — brandonsun.com](https://www.brandonsun.com/opinion/2026/04/17/poilievre-might-want-to-take-a-political-science-course)
* [LETTER: Where does Poilievre stand on war in Iran? — mapleridgenews.com](https://mapleridgenews.com/2026/04/17/letter-where-does-poilievre-stand-on-war-in-iran/)
* [Pierre Poilievre attacks Mark Carney's economic credentials — thestar.com](https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/pierre-poilievre-attacks-mark-carneys-economic-credentials-says-he-presents-the-illusion-of-knowledge/article_402866cc-1ca2-45a9-985c-419549c3d792.html)
* [Poilievre blasts Carney, Liberal economic record in Canadian Club speech — ca.finance.yahoo.com](https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/poilievre-blasts-carney-liberal-economic-181005669.html)
* [Poilievre shreds Carney's economic 'illusion' in Toronto speech — junonews.com](https://www.junonews.com/p/poilievre-shreds-carneys-economic)
* [Licensable picture: Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre speaks in Toronto — reutersconnect.com](https://www.reutersconnect.com/item/conservative-party-leader-pierre-poilievre-speaks-in-toronto/dGFnOnJldXRlcnMuY29tLDIwMjY6bmV3c21sX1JDMkdRS0FTRkxRSg)
* Poilievre Lays Out Plan to Make Canada Affordable at Home - Conservative Party of Canada — conservative.ca
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Mexico
Pemex spent eight weeks blaming a ghost tanker for a spill that fouled 900 kilometres of Gulf coastline before admitting, under pressure, that a ruptured pipeline near the Cantarell complex was responsible all along. The company fired three officials. The damage extends well beyond the oil.
The concealment cuts against Claudia Sheinbaum's most carefully cultivated credential. She came to office as an environmental engineer and climate scientist. When Oceana, an ocean conservation group, called the spill an act of ecocide and demanded criminal accountability — and when opposition legislators pressed for full disclosure of spill volumes and remediation costs — the pressure came not from political opponents but from environmentalists who otherwise support her. Three dismissals and a Gulf monitoring observatory do not answer that charge. A second, unrelated hydrocarbon leak at an abandoned well in Minatitlán, Veracruz, which emerged that same week, deepened the picture of institutional decay at an oil company already carrying over \$100 billion in debt.
Even so, the week's diplomatic headline belonged elsewhere. In Barcelona, Ms Sheinbaum held a private hour-long meeting with Pedro Sánchez, Spain's prime minister, formally ending an eight-year freeze. She declared there had been no diplomatic crisis — giving both sides cover — and invited Mr Sánchez to bring the next Summit in Defense of Democracy to Mexico in 2027. King Felipe VI's March acknowledgment of the colonial "abuse" of indigenous peoples made the rapprochement possible — a step short of the formal apology Andrés Manuel López Obrador had demanded, but enough for Ms Sheinbaum's purposes. Spain's economy minister quickly signalled interest in energy, infrastructure, and financial sectors.
The summit also produced a joint communiqué — signed by Ms Sheinbaum, Mr Sánchez, and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil's president — that called on the Cuban government to allow its people to decide their future "in full freedom," citing democratic values and human rights. Mr López Obrador applied the Estrada Doctrine throughout his presidency, shielding Cuba from external pressure on non-intervention grounds. Ms Sheinbaum did not reverse that policy, but she signed language her predecessor never would have — placing Mexico in the progressive-democratic camp rather than the sovereignty-first one.
During the visit, Ms Sheinbaum also toured the Barcelona Supercomputing Center and announced a collaboration on Mexico's own Coatlicue supercomputer project. It is the first concrete technology co-operation announcement on the EU track, and a deliberate signal that Mexico's digital infrastructure investment need not run exclusively through Washington.
At home, the EU relationship gained substance. Laura Itzel Castillo, the Senate president, met with the EU's delegation chief and committed the Senate to supporting ratification of the pending EU-Mexico Global Modernised Agreement, citing €82 billion in annual goods trade and €209 billion in accumulated EU investment. Separately, Marcelo Ebrard, the economy secretary, met with the national business council to align positions ahead of the second round of Mexico-US trade talks the following Monday. Running both tracks in parallel is the point: Mexico is advancing the EU relationship without letting the US anchor slip.
The domestic legislative pace matched the diplomatic one. Ms Sheinbaum signed a decree creating the Universal Health Service (Servicio Universal de Salud), integrating the two main federal health systems and all 32 state health services into a single free-healthcare guarantee — the biggest change to Mexico's health system in decades. The Senate approved a constitutional reform granting Congress authority to standardise feminicide law across all 32 states; the vote was 109-0, a genuine cross-party consensus unusual in this legislature. A new cinema and audiovisual law brought streaming platforms including Netflix under domestic content quotas. The Infrastructure Investment Law, published earlier in the month, provided the legal basis for Plan México.
Quietly, the US Treasury's sanctions office designated six individuals and entities linked to the North-east Cartel (Cártel del Noreste) for running gambling operations in Nuevo Laredo and Tampico. Mexico's financial intelligence unit filed criminal complaints and shut three casino operators in parallel. The operation drew little notice — that was the point. Formal bilateral security frameworks are dormant; working-level financial-crime co-operation fills the gap.
* **Pemex admits Gulf of Mexico oil spill originated from its pipeline; three officials fired amid environmental backlash** — After weeks of denials, the Mexican government confirmed on April 16–17 that a February oil spill affecting over 900 km of Veracruz and Tabasco coastline originated from a ruptured Pemex pipeline near the Cantarell complex. Three Pemex officials were dismissed for concealing the information; Claudia Sheinbaum, the president, ordered a permanent Gulf monitoring observatory. Environmental groups, opposition legislators, and Oceana, an ocean conservation group, called the personnel actions insufficient and demanded full disclosure of spill volumes, remediation costs, and criminal accountability. Separately, Pemex reported a new unrelated hydrocarbon leak at an abandoned well in Minatitlán, Veracruz.
* [Mexico's Sheinbaum denies 'diplomatic crisis' with Spain after conquest row — bbc.com](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp86r29l45go)
* [Mexico mends ties with Spain in first presidential visit in eight years — reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/spains-sanchez-mexicos-sheinbaum-hold-meeting-leftist-summit-2026-04-18/)
* [Brazil, Mexico, Spain pledge to send more aid to Cuba — reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-mexico-spain-pledge-send-more-aid-cuba-2026-04-18/)
* [With a handshake, Spain and Mexico put diplomatic tussle over colonial past behind them — apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/spain-mexico-colonial-past-sheinbaum-sanchez-7ca927e01d56d74cae729efaaae6fe46)
* [Mexico, Spain and Brazil call for Cuba's sovereignty to be protected — aljazeera.com](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/18/mexico-spain-and-brazil-call-for-cubas-sovereignty-to-be-protected)
* [Sincere dialogue needed to ease Cuba's 'grave humanitarian crisis', say Mexico, Spain and Brazil — theguardian.com](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/19/sincere-dialogue-needed-to-ease-cubas-grave-humanitarian-crisis-say-mexico-spain-and-brazil)
* [Estamos con Lula y con Sheinbaum — jornada.com.mx](https://www.jornada.com.mx/noticia/2026/04/19/opinion/estamos-con-lula-y-con-sheinbaum)
* [Joan Manuel Serrat conoce y elogia a la presidenta Sheinbaum: 'Es fantástico su trabajo' — elfinanciero.com.mx](https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/espectaculos/2026/04/19/joan-manuel-serrat-conoce-y-elogia-a-la-presidenta-claudia-sheinbaum/)
* [Sheinbaum 'escucha' a mexicanos en Barcelona: 'Fue muy lindo conocer sus testimonios' — elfinanciero.com.mx](https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/nacional/2026/04/18/sheinbaum-escucha-a-mexicanos-en-barcelona-fue-muy-lindo-conocer-sus-testimonios/)
* ['Soy una mujer de paz': Sheinbaum propone en España declaración en contra de intervención militar en Cuba — elfinanciero.com.mx](https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/mundo/2026/04/18/soy-una-mujer-de-paz-sheinbaum-propone-en-espana-declaracion-en-contra-de-intervencion-militar-en-cuba/)
* [Sheinbaum regresa a México tras concluir gira de trabajo en España — eluniversal.com.mx](https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/sheinbaum-regresa-a-mexico-tras-concluir-gira-de-trabajo-en-espana-reuniones-bilaterales-y-con-mexicanos-marcaron-su-agenda/)
* [Claudia Sheinbaum reconoce a Joan Manuel Serrat como 'símbolo de la música y la resistencia' — heraldodemexico.com.mx](https://heraldodemexico.com.mx/nacional/2026/4/19/claudia-sheinbaum-reconoce-joan-manuel-serrat-como-simbolo-de-la-musica-la-resistencia-798527.html)
* [Joan Manuel Serrat reconoce el trabajo de Sheinbaum como 'fantástico' — eluniversal.com.mx](https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/joan-manuel-serrat-reconoce-el-trabajo-de-sheinbaum-como-fantastico-hacer-politica-en-mexico-es-muy-dificil-afirma/)
* [Sheinbaum recorrió el Barcelona Supercomputing Center: Anunció colaboración para la supercomputadora mexicana Coatlicue — ejecentral.com.mx](https://www.ejecentral.com.mx/nuestro-eje/sheinbaum-recorrio-el-barcelona-supercomputing-center-anuncio-colaboracion-para-la-supercomputadora-mexicana-coatlicue)
* [Sheinbaum vuelve a México en vuelo comercial y clase turista tras visita a España — infobae.com](https://www.infobae.com/mexico/2026/04/19/sheinbaum-vuelve-a-mexico-en-vuelo-comercial-y-clase-turista-tras-visita-a-espana/)
* [Serrat elogia a Sheinbaum: 'Su trabajo en México es fantástico' — milenio.com](https://www.milenio.com/politica/serrat-elogia-a-sheinbaum-su-trabajo-en-mexico-es-fantastico)
* [Sheinbaum viaja a España; se reúne con Pedro Sánchez: Últimas noticias — milenio.com](https://www.milenio.com/politica/sheinbaum-en-espana-se-reune-con-pedro-sanchez-hoy-noticias-en-vivo)
* [Izquierdistas y derechistas chocan en España: Sánchez se disculpa con Sheinbaum; Ayuso reconoce a Machado — aristeguinoticias.com](https://aristeguinoticias.com/1904/mundo/izquierdistas-y-derechistas-chocan-en-espana-sanchez-se-disculpa-con-sheinbaum-ayuso-reconoce-a-machado/)
* [Sheinbaum e Illa abordan vínculos entre México y Cataluña en Barcelona — informador.mx](https://www.informador.mx/mexico/sheinbaum-e-illa-abordan-vinculos-entre-mexico-y-cataluna-en-barcelona-20260419-0044.html)
* [Cierra Sheinbaum sus actividades por España — heraldodemexico.com.mx](https://heraldodemexico.com.mx/nacional/2026/4/19/cierra-sheinbaum-sus-actividades-por-espana-798516-amp.html)
* [El exilio en el discurso de Sheinbaum en España — eluniversal.com.mx](https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/opinion/jose-francisco-mejia-flores/el-exilio-en-el-discurso-de-sheinbaum-en-espana/)
* [Joan Manuel Serrat califica como fantástico el trabajo de Sheinbaum — heraldodemexico.com.mx](https://heraldodemexico.com.mx/nacional/2026/4/19/joan-manuel-serrat-califica-como-fantastico-el-trabajo-de-sheinbaum-798514.html)
* [Sheinbaum da por zanjado en Barcelona el desencuentro con España — eleconomista.com.mx](https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/politica/sheinbaum-da-zanjado-barcelona-desencuentro-espana-20260418-809308.html)
* [México busca liderazgo tecnológico: Sheinbaum acuerda proyectos científicos en Barcelona — infobae.com](https://infobae.com/mexico/2026/04/19/sheinbaum-visita-el-supercomputador-mas-potente-de-europa-y-sella-colaboracion-cientifica-con-cataluna)
* [La Jornada: Sheinbaum: soy una mujer de paz y represento a un pueblo que ama la libertad — jornada.com.mx](https://jornada.com.mx/2026/04/19/politica/003n1pol?partner=rss)
* [Sheinbaum reconoce a Joan Manuel Serrat como símbolo de la música y la resistencia — excelsior.com.mx](https://excelsior.com.mx/nacional/sheinbaum-reconoce-joan-manuel-serrat-como-simbolo-musica-y-resistencia)
* [Videoanálisis | Sheinbaum y su carambola europea — elpais.com](https://elpais.com/mexico/2026-04-18/videoanalisis-sheinbaum-y-su-carambola-europea.html)
* [Serrat, símbolo de la música y la resistencia: Sheinbaum — veracruz.quadratin.com.mx](https://veracruz.quadratin.com.mx/serrat-simbolo-de-la-musica-y-la-resistencia-sheinbaum)
* [Sheinbaum se reúne con la comunidad mexicana de Barcelona — 24-horas.mx](https://24-horas.mx/mexico/sheinbaum-se-reune-con-la-comunidad-mexicana-de-barcelona/)
* [Recorre Sheinbaum el Centro de Supercomputación de Barcelona — plazadearmas.com.mx](https://plazadearmas.com.mx/recorre-sheinbaum-el-centro-de-supercomputacion-de-barcelona)
* [Sheinbaum se rinde ante Serrat en Barcelona: 'símbolo de la música y la resistencia' — tribunadelabahia.com.mx](https://tribunadelabahia.com.mx/sheinbaum-rinde-ante-serrat-barcelona-simbolo-musica)
* [Sheinbaum arribó a Barcelona para el foro progresista — forbes.com.mx](https://forbes.com.mx/sheinbaum-arribo-a-barcelona-para-el-foro-progresista)
* [Sheinbaum rechaza intervención militar en Cuba; pide diálogo y paz — eluniversal.com.mx](https://eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/sheinbaum-rechaza-intervencion-militar-en-cuba-pide-dialogo-y-paz)
* [Sheinbaum impulsa súper computadora Coatlicue: inversión millonaria y alianza tecnológica con Barcelona — vanguardia.com.mx](https://vanguardia.com.mx/noticias/sheinbaum-impulsa-super-computadora-coatlicue-inversion-millonaria-y-alianza-tecnologica-con-barcelona-EB20125537)
* [VIDEO: Sheinbaum expresa su apoyo a Fernández de Kirchner desde España — eluniversal.com.mx](https://eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/sheinbaum-expresa-su-apoyo-a-fernandez-de-kirchner-desde-espana-estamos-contigo-comenta)
* [Sheinbaum propone reforestación global — eleconomista.com.mx](https://eleconomista.com.mx/videos/sheinbaum-propone-reforestacion-global-20260418-809333.html)
* [VIDEO | Sheinbaum Recibida en Aeropuerto de Madrid — elcongresista.mx](https://elcongresista.mx/politica/video-sheinbaum-recibida-en-aeropuerto-de-madrid)
* [Se reúne Claudia Sheinbaum con Pedro Sánchez en España — impactonoticias.com.mx](https://impactonoticias.com.mx/mexico/se-reune-claudia-sheinbaum-con-pedro-sanchez-en-espana/)
* [Sheinbaum viaja de regreso a México, desde España; aborda vuelo comercial — razon.com.mx](https://razon.com.mx/mexico/2026/04/19/sheinbaum-viaja-de-regreso-a-mexico-desde-espana-aborda-vuelo-comercial)
* [Desde España, Sheinbaum propone redirigir 10% del gasto militar global a reforestación — politica.expansion.mx](https://politica.expansion.mx/presidencia/2026/04/18/sheinbaum-espana-gasto-militar-reforestacion-cumbre)
* [La Jornada: Sheinbaum se reunirá con mexicanos en España y con diversos jefes de Estado en Cumbre progresista: SRE — jornada.com.mx](https://www.jornada.com.mx/noticia/2026/04/17/politica/sheinbaum-se-reunira-con-mexicanos-y-con-diversos-jefes-de-estado-en-barcelona-sre)
* [Sheinbaum asegura que 'nunca' ha habido 'una crisis diplomática' entre México y España por el tema de los abusos de la conquista — bbc.com](https://www.bbc.com/mundo/articles/c2d8kgzx748o)
* [Nunca ha habido crisis diplomática con España: Sheinbaum — 24-horas.mx](https://24-horas.mx/mexico/nunca-ha-habido-crisis-diplomatica-con-espana-sheinbaum/)
* [¿Fin de las tensiones? Sheinbaum y Sánchez 'sellan' acercamiento tras choque por la Conquista — elfinanciero.com.mx](https://elfinanciero.com.mx/nacional/2026/04/18/fin-de-las-tensiones-sheinbaum-y-sanchez-sellan-acercamiento-tras-choque-por-la-conquista)
* [Comparte Sheinbaum despedida en México, viaje y recibimiento en España — quadratin.com.mx](https://www.quadratin.com.mx/nacionales/comparte-sheinbaum-despedida-en-mexico-viaje-y-recibimiento-en-espana/)
* [Sheinbaum viaja a España para cerrar las tensiones de la era AMLO y enfrentar el 'efecto Trump' — politica.expansion.mx](https://politica.expansion.mx/presidencia/2026/04/16/viaje-de-sheinbaum-a-espana-para-poner-fin-a-impasse-diplomatico-y-cerrar-filas-con-progresistas)
* [Visita de Sheinbaum a España y relación con el Rey — am.com.mx](https://am.com.mx/opinion/2026/04/18/visita-sheinbaum-espana-relacion-rey-felipe-vi-diplomacia-1781298.html)
* [Sheinbaum, sobre la crisis con España: 'Lo importante es reconocer la fuerza de los pueblos originarios' — infobae.com](https://infobae.com/america/agencias/2026/04/18/sheinbaum-sobre-la-crisis-con-espana-lo-importante-es-reconocer-la-fuerza-de-los-pueblos-originarios)
* [Sheinbaum visita Centro Nacional de Supercomputación en Barcelona; conoce el motivo — xeu.mx](https://xeu.mx/veracruz/1415188/sheinbaum-visita-centro-nacional-de-supercomputacin-en-barcelona-conoce-el-motivo)
* [Líderes de Morena en el Congreso la felicitan — jornada.com.mx](https://jornada.com.mx/2026/04/19/politica/004n2pol)
* [La Jornada - Sheinbaum se reunirá con mexicanos en España y con diversos jefes de Estado (SRE) — jornada.com.mx](https://www.jornada.com.mx/noticia/2026/04/17/politica/sheinbaum-se-reunira-con-mexicanos-y-con-diversos-jefes-de-estado-en-barcelona-sre)
* [Sheinbaum reconoce a Joan Manuel Serrat (Excélsior duplicate) — excelsior.com.mx](https://excelsior.com.mx/nacional/sheinbaum-reconoce-joan-manuel-serrat-como-simbolo-musica-y-resistencia)
* [Más de dos meses después, Pemex admite que el derrame de petróleo en el golfo de México fue por una fuga — cnnespanol.cnn.com](https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2026/04/17/mexico/pemex-derrame-petroleo-golfo-orix)
* [El gobierno admite que el derrame en el Golfo se originó en Pemex; separan a tres funcionarios — proceso.com.mx](https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/2026/4/16/el-gobierno-admite-que-el-derrame-en-el-golfo-se-origino-en-pemex-separan-tres-funcionarios-372357.html)
* [Lo mejor de Aristegui: Fuga en ducto de Pemex provocó derrame en el Golfo — aristeguinoticias.com](https://aristeguinoticias.com/1704/mexico/aristegui-en-vivo-fuga-en-ducto-de-pemex-provoco-derrame-en-el-golfo-ee-uu-alerta-por-jueces-en-mexico-17-04-2026/)
* [Derrame de Pemex en el Golfo de México: Investigan fuga en ducto y separan a tres funcionarios — wradio.com.mx](https://wradio.com.mx/2026/04/17/derrame-de-pemex-en-el-golfo-de-mexico-investigan-fuga-en-ducto-y-separan-a-tres-funcionarios/)
* [Separa Pemex a tres funcionarios de su cargo por derrame en Golfo de México — jorgecastronoriega.com](https://www.jorgecastronoriega.com/separa-pemex-a-tres-funcionarios-de-su-cargo-por-derrame-en-golfo-de-mexico/)
* [Pemex reconoce que una falla en uno de sus ductos fue la causa del derrame en el Golfo de México y anuncia el cese de tres funcionarios — diario-red.com](https://www.diario-red.com/articulo/mexico/pemex-reconoce-que-falla-uno-ductos-fue-causa-derrame-golfo-mexico-anuncia-cese-tres-funcionarios/20260417134049067918.html)
* [Niega Pemex incendio en Tula — reforma.com](https://www.reforma.com/niega-pemex-incendio-en-tula/ar3188103)
* [Pemex admite responsabilidad en derrame de crudo en el Golfo de México — tribunadelabahia.com.mx](https://tribunadelabahia.com.mx/pemex-admite-responsabilidad-derrame-golfo-mexico/)
* [Pemex, negligencia y mentiras — heraldodemexico.com.mx](https://heraldodemexico.com.mx/opinion/2026/4/19/pemex-negligencia-mentiras-798510-amp.html)
* [Derrame de Pemex: La falacia del busque fantasma y el genio de la patraña narrativa — vanguardia.com.mx](https://vanguardia.com.mx/opinion/derrame-de-pemex-la-falacia-del-busque-fantasma-y-el-genio-de-la-patrana-narrativa-DC20110535)
* [Oceana califica de 'insuficiente' gestión de Pemex por derrame de hidrocarburo el Golfo de México — lopezdoriga.com](https://lopezdoriga.com/nacional/oceana-califica-de-insuficiente-gestion-de-pemex-por-derrame-de-hidrocarburo-el-golfo-de-mexico/)
* [Oceana considera insuficiente respuesta de Pemex por derrame en Golfo de México — launion.com.mx](https://www.launion.com.mx/morelos/nacional/noticias/292365-oceana-considera-insuficiente-respuesta-de-pemex-por-derrame-en-golfo-de-mexico.html)
* [Cese de funcionarios en Pemex es insuficiente ante ecocidio, acusan ONG — excelsior.com.mx](https://excelsior.com.mx/nacional/cese-funcionarios-pemex-es-insuficiente-ecocidio-acusan-ong)
* [Exigen comparecencia del director de Pemex por derrame — excelsior.com.mx](https://excelsior.com.mx/politica/exigen-comparecencia-director-pemex-por-derrame)
* [Derrame de hidrocarburos expone fallas graves en operación de Pemex: PAN — cronica.com.mx](https://www.cronica.com.mx/nacional/2026/04/19)
***
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Brazil
Alexandre Ramagem, Brazil's former intelligence chief, sentenced to 16 years for his role in the Bolsonaro coup attempt, walked out of US immigration custody in Orlando last week — freed by an "administrative decision" that followed a call from Eduardo Bolsonaro to Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state.
Ramagem had been picked up by immigration enforcement on April 13. Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of the jailed former president, called Mr Rubio, who contacted immigration enforcement asking for an explanation. The agents, reviewing Ramagem's file, found he had documented a pending asylum claim and was not unlawfully present. He was released. Brazil's Federal Police were not told. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil's president, formally demanded extradition. The US offered none.
The episode's structure matters as much as the outcome. A senior cabinet official intervened in an immigration enforcement action after being lobbied by an opposition politician, and the result was that a man convicted by the Supreme Federal Tribunal walked free. The US State Department then opened an inquiry into whether Brazilian authorities had themselves acted illegally by monitoring Ramagem on American soil — turning the extradition demand back on Brasília.
Even as this played out, Mr Lula was in Europe on what may be his most active diplomatic week yet. In Hanover, he arrived at the Hannover Messe trade fair as Germany's guest of honour, received with military honours by Friedrich Merz, the German chancellor. Critical minerals were the centrepiece — German industry needs Brazil's mineral wealth. Mr Lula declared the bilateral relationship "not ideological but a State relationship" and pushed back against EU trade barriers on Brazilian biofuels. Mr Merz cited the Mercosur-EU agreement and the energy disruption from the Iran war. Brazil is the only Latin American country with a High-Level Intergovernmental Consultations mechanism with Germany.
From Hanover, Mr Lula moved to Barcelona. At the 4th Forum in Defence of Democracy — alongside the leaders of Spain, Mexico and Colombia — he pledged stepped-up humanitarian aid to Cuba amid the US blockade, called the five permanent UN Security Council members "lords of war" for failing to stop the Iran war, and said no leader should be able to wake up each morning threatening the world with war. He did not name the American president. He did name Flávio Bolsonaro, his likely opponent in October's election, calling him "a risk to democracy."
That race is tightening fast. Multiple polls released in the week of April 14–19 showed Flávio Bolsonaro matching or narrowly leading Mr Lula in simulated runoffs. Datafolha and Genial/Quaest put the contest at a statistical dead heat — around 40% to 42% each. Paraná Pesquisas showed Flávio Bolsonaro ahead by 7.8 points in São Paulo, the country's largest state by electoral weight, and the first poll to put the opposition candidate ahead there. Mr Lula's Reforma Casa Brasil programme has disbursed just 3% of its R\$30 billion target, a shortfall that analysts connect to his softening approval.
Against that domestic pressure, the government has moved to bind state governors closer. Two presidential decrees introduced a R\$1.20 per litre subsidy on road diesel — split equally between the federal government and each participating state — running through May 31. States must opt in by April 22. The shared cost draws governors into the scheme at the start of an election year.
* **Lula attends Barcelona progressive summit, pledges Cuba aid, calls UN Security Council 'lords of war'** — Mr Lula attended the 4th Forum in Defence of Democracy in Barcelona on April 17-18, alongside Pedro Sánchez, Spain's prime minister, Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico's president, Gustavo Petro, Colombia's president, and other leftist leaders. The group issued a joint statement pledging stepped-up humanitarian aid to Cuba amid the US blockade. Mr Lula sharply criticised the five permanent UN Security Council members as 'lords of war,' called for UN reform, and attacked the American president's unilateralism without naming him directly. He also gave an interview to Der Spiegel previewing the trip. *([aljazeera.com](https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-mexico-spain-pledge-send-more-aid-cuba-2026-04-18/))*
* **Election polls show Flávio Bolsonaro pulling level with or ahead of Lula ahead of October vote** — Multiple polls released in the week of April 14-19 showed Flávio Bolsonaro overtaking or equalling Mr Lula in simulated runoffs for the first time, with Datafolha and Genial/Quaest showing a technical tie (40-42% vs 40%) and Paraná Pesquisas showing Flávio ahead by 7.8 points in São Paulo. Analysis points to voter fatigue, Mr Lula's rising disapproval, and Flávio's consolidation of the Bolsonarist vote. Mr Lula's Reforma Casa Brasil programme was reported to have distributed only 3% of its R\$30bn target.
* [Brazilian ex-intelligence chief Alexandre Ramagem arrested by ICE — apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/brazil-intelligence-agency-arrested-ice-5cb9fbca46b8a1d9557e60b7b54b8d10)
* [Brazil's former spy chief arrested by ICE agents in US — bbc.com](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjw88l41ldyo)
* [Brazil's fugitive ex-intel chief detained by US immigration authorities — aljazeera.com](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/13/brazilian-ex-intelligence-chief-detained-by-us-immigration-authorities)
* [Lula asks US to send ex-intelligence chief to Brazil after ICE arrest — aljazeera.com](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/14/lula-asks-us-to-send-ex-intelligence-chief-to-brazil-after-ice-arrest)
* [Alexandre Ramagem é solto de centro de detenção na Flórida, nos Estados Unidos — revistaforum.com.br](https://revistaforum.com.br/politica/alexandre-ramagem-e-solto-de-centro-de-detencao-na-florida-nos-estados-unidos/)
* [Quem é Alexandre Ramagem? Condenado no Brasil, preso e solto nos EUA — band.com.br](https://www.band.com.br/politica/noticias/quem-e-alexandre-ramagem-202604161233)
* [Defesa de Ramagem tenta asilo nos EUA para barrar extradição ao Brasil — vermelho.org.br](https://vermelho.org.br/2026/04/15/defesa-de-ramagem-tenta-asilo-nos-eua-para-barrar-extradicao-ao-brasil/)
* [Ramagem agradece a governo Trump após soltura e chama PF brasileira de 'polícia de jagunços' — folha.uol.com.br](https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/2026/04/ramagem-agradece-a-governo-trump-apos-soltura-e-chama-pf-brasileira-de-policia-de-jaguncos.shtml)
* [ICE diz à PF que Ramagem foi liberado por 'decisão administrativa' e pode permanecer nos EUA — otempo.com.br](https://www.otempo.com.br/politica/governo/2026/4/16/ice-diz-a-pf-que-ramagem-foi-liberado-por-decisao-administrativa-e-pode-permanecer-nos-eua)
* [Após falar com Eduardo Bolsonaro, Marco Rubio atuou no caso Ramagem e pediu explicação ao ICE — sbtnews.sbt.com.br](https://sbtnews.sbt.com.br/colunas/coluna-do-leandro/apos-falar-com-eduardo-bolsonaro-marco-rubio-atuou-no-caso-ramagem-e-pediu-explicacao-ao-ice)
* [ICE afirma que Ramagem tem direito à permanência provisória nos EUA após deixar a prisão — gauchazh.clicrbs.com.br](https://gauchazh.clicrbs.com.br/politica/noticia/2026/04/ice-afirma-que-ramagem-tem-direito-a-permanencia-provisoria-nos-eua-apos-deixar-a-prisao-cmo22bug501ux0174rva0ojul.html)
* [Foto de Alexandre Ramagem preso nos Estados Unidos é divulgada pelo ICE — gauchazh.clicrbs.com.br](https://gauchazh.clicrbs.com.br/politica/noticia/2026/04/foto-de-alexandre-ramagem-preso-nos-estados-unidos-e-divulgada-pelo-ice-veja-imagem-cmnyw4q7800lo016jb98z3x48.html)
* [Alexandre Ramagem é preso pelo ICE nos Estados Unidos — gauchazh.clicrbs.com.br](https://gauchazh.clicrbs.com.br/politica/noticia/2026/04/ramagem-e-preso-pelo-ice-nos-estados-unidos-cmnxf9vqn004s01jdaqss9cq7.html)
* [Ramagem preso nos EUA: as articulações da PF para capturar ex-chefe da Abin — bbc.com](https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/articles/c3r3zejl7d7o)
* [Após caso Ramagem, golpistas Eduardo e Paulo Figueiredo ameaçam com 'cenas dos próximos capítulos' — diariodocentrodomundo.com.br](https://www.diariodocentrodomundo.com.br/apos-caso-ramagem-golpistas-eduardo-e-paulo-figueiredo-ameacam-com-cenas-dos-proximos-capitulos/)
* [Ramagem é liberado após ser preso pela polícia de imigração nos EUA — band.com.br](https://www.band.com.br/politica/noticias/ramagem-e-solto-apos-ser-preso-por-policia-de-imigracao-nos-eua-202604151949)
* [PF monitorou fim da data de permanência legal de Ramagem nos EUA para ação de prisão — iclnoticias.com.br](https://iclnoticias.com.br/pf-monitorou-permanencia-legal-ramagem-eua/)
* [Quem é Alexandre Ramagem, ex-deputado, ex-PF e ex-diretor da Abin preso pelo ICE nos EUA — timesbrasil.com.br](https://timesbrasil.com.br/brasil/quem-e-alexandre-ramagem-ex-deputado-ex-pf-e-ex-diretor-da-abin-preso-pelo-ice-nos-eua/)
* [Ex-diretor-geral da Abin Alexandre Ramagem é preso nos EUA (autoridades) — em.com.br](https://www.em.com.br/internacional/2026/04/7396751-ex-diretor-geral-da-abin-alexandre-ramagem-e-preso-nos-eua-autoridades.html)
* [Ex-chefe da Abin Alexandre Ramagem está sob custódia da agência de imigração nos EUA — antena1.com.br](https://www.antena1.com.br/noticias/ex-diretor-da-abin-alexandre-ramagem-e-preso-pelo-ice-nos-eua-diz-midia)
* [Prisão do ex-deputado Alexandre Ramagem nos EUA expõe cooperação internacional — jornalgrandebahia.com.br](https://jornalgrandebahia.com.br/2026/04/prisao-do-ex-deputado-alexandre-ramagem-nos-eua-expoe-cooperacao-internacional-controversias-juridicas-e-tensao-politica-entre-aliados-e-governo/)
* [EUA divulgam foto de Alexandre Ramagem após detenção — gazetadopovo.com.br](https://www.gazetadopovo.com.br/mundo/governo-trump-divulga-foto-ex-deputado-federal-alexandre-ramagem-detido-pelo-ice/)
* [Ramagem: PF faz reunião com ICE para discutir situação do bolsonarista nos EUA — revistaforum.com.br](https://revistaforum.com.br/politica/ramagem-pf-ice-reuniao-eua/)
* [Soltura de Alexandre Ramagem nos EUA não teria sido comunicada à Polícia Federal — diariodonordeste.verdesmares.com.br](https://diariodonordeste.verdesmares.com.br/pontopoder/soltura-de-alexandre-ramagem-nos-eua-nao-teria-sido-comunicada-a-policia-federal-1.3757665)
* [ICE diz à PF que Alexandre Ramagem pode aguardar conclusão do processo de asilo em liberdade nos EUA — meionews.com](https://www.meionews.com/politica/ice-diz-a-pf-que-alexandre-ramagem-pode-aguardar-conclusao-do-processo-de-asilo-em-liberdade-nos-eua-561036)
* [O que o ICE disse à PF após a soltura de Alexandre Ramagem — gazetabrasil.com.br](https://gazetabrasil.com.br/brasil/2026/04/16/o-que-o-ice-disse-a-pf-apos-a-soltura-de-alexandre-ramagem/)
* [Chefe interino do ICE deixa cargo nos EUA após meses de endurecimento migratório — ndmais.com.br](https://ndmais.com.br/mundo/chefe-ice-deixa-cargo-eua/)
* [Concurso ABIN: CPI aponta déficit de pessoal. Veja detalhes! — estrategiaconcursos.com.br](https://www.estrategiaconcursos.com.br/blog/concurso-abin-cpi-deficit-pessoal/)
* [Mexico, Spain and Brazil call for Cuba's sovereignty to be protected — aljazeera.com](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/18/mexico-spain-and-brazil-call-for-cubas-sovereignty-to-be-protected)
* [Brazil, Mexico, Spain pledge to send more aid to Cuba — reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-mexico-spain-pledge-send-more-aid-cuba-2026-04-18/)
* [Brazil's Lula calls on permanent members of UN Security Council to change behaviour — reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazils-lula-calls-permanent-members-un-security-council-change-behaviour-2026-04-18/)
* [Sincere dialogue needed to ease Cuba's 'grave humanitarian crisis', say Mexico, Spain and Brazil — theguardian.com](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/19/sincere-dialogue-needed-to-ease-cubas-grave-humanitarian-crisis-say-mexico-spain-and-brazil)
* ['Lords of war.' Brazil's president condemns UN Security Council — aljazeera.com](https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/4/18/lords-of-war-brazils-president-condemns-un-security)
* [Spain, Brazil, Mexico vow to boost Cuba aid amid US threats — dw.com](https://www.dw.com/en/spain-brazil-mexico-vow-to-boost-cuba-aid-amid-us-threats/a-76845646)
* [Lula critica líderes mundiais por guerras e afirma que Trump não tem 'direito' de excluir África do Sul do G20 — g1.globo.com](https://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2026/04/18/lula-critica-lideres-mundiais-por-guerras-e-afirma-trump-nao-pode-excluir-africa-do-sul-do-g20.ghtml)
* [Saiba quem estava com Lula em cúpula de esquerda na Espanha — poder360.com.br](https://www.poder360.com.br/poder-governo/saiba-quem-estava-com-lula-na-cupula-progressista-na-espanha/)
* [Lula participa na Espanha neste sábado (18) do Fórum em Defesa da Democracia — cbn.globo.com](https://cbn.globo.com/politica/noticia/2026/04/18/lula-participa-na-espanha-neste-sabado-18-do-forum-em-defesa-da-democracia.ghtml)
* [Lula diz que 'esquerda se tornou o sistema' e que precisa 'praticar a coerência' — estadao.com.br](https://www.estadao.com.br/amp/politica/lula-diz-que-esquerda-se-tornou-o-sistema-e-que-precisa-praticar-a-coerencia/)
* [Josias de Souza: Lula trata Flávio Bolsonaro como um risco à democracia brasileira — noticias.uol.com.br](https://noticias.uol.com.br/colunas/josias-de-souza/2026/04/18/lula-trata-flavio-como-um-risco-a-democracia-em-fala-na-espanha.htm)
* [Lula na Espanha: por que presença em reunião global da esquerda pode ser campo minado para o presidente — bbc.com](https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/articles/ckg9pp2xz9do)
* [Análise: Lula culpa Trump pela guerra e pelo impacto inflacionário no país — cnnbrasil.com.br](https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/politica/analise-lula-culpa-trump-pela-guerra-e-pelo-impacto-inflacionario-no-pais/)
* [Lula ressuscita espantalho do neoliberalismo e revela inveja do bolsonarismo — estadao.com.br](https://www.estadao.com.br/amp/politica/diogo-schelp/lula-ressuscita-espantalho-do-neoliberalismo-e-revela-inveja-do-bolsonarismo/)
* [Opinião | Lula ressuscita espantalho do neoliberalismo e revela inveja do bolsonarismo — estadao.com.br](https://www.estadao.com.br/politica/diogo-schelp/lula-ressuscita-espantalho-do-neoliberalismo-e-revela-inveja-do-bolsonarismo/)
* [Lula critica líderes por guerra e cobra reação mais firme da ONU — poder360.com.br](https://www.poder360.com.br/poder-governo/lula-critica-lideres-por-guerra-e-cobra-reacao-mais-firme-da-onu/)
* [Lula defende que regulação de plataformas digitais seja tratada no âmbito da ONU — valor.globo.com](https://valor.globo.com/politica/noticia/2026/04/18/lula-defende-que-regulao-de-plataformas-digitais-seja-tratada-no-mbito-da-onu.ghtml)
* [Bolsonaro está preso, mas extremismo disputará a eleição de novo, diz Lula — iclnoticias.com.br](https://iclnoticias.com.br/bolsonaro-esta-preso-diz-lula/)
* [Lula diz que Trump 'não pode ficar ameaçando países' o tempo todo — g1.globo.com](https://g1.globo.com/mundo/noticia/2026/04/16/lula-diz-que-trump-nao-pode-ficar-ameacando-outros-paises-com-guerra-o-tempo-todo.ghtml)
* ['Temos que aceitar', diz Lula sobre eventual vitória de Flávio Bolsonaro na eleição — oglobo.globo.com](https://oglobo.globo.com/politica/noticia/2026/04/17/quando-povo-toma-decisao-temos-que-aceitar-diz-lula-sobre-eventual-vitoria-de-flavio-bolsonaro-na-eleicao.ghtml)
* [Lula critica Donald Trump por tentar excluir África do Sul do G20 — meionews.com](https://meionews.com/politica/lula-critica-donald-trump-por-tentar-excluir-africa-do-sul-do-g20-561162)
* [O PT, a defesa da democracia e de uma outra ordem mundial — fpabramo.org.br](https://fpabramo.org.br/o-pt-a-defesa-da-democracia-e-de-uma-outra-ordem-mundial)
* [Lula na Espanha neste sábado (18) do Fórum em Defesa da Democracia — cbn.globo.com](https://cbn.globo.com/politica/noticia/2026/04/18/lula-participa-na-espanha-neste-sabado-18-do-forum-em-defesa-da-democracia.ghtml)
* [Germany's Merz, Brazil's Lula stress close European-Brazilian cooperation — reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/germanys-merz-brazils-lula-stress-close-european-brazilian-cooperation-2026-04-19/)
* [Na Alemanha, Lula diz que relação com Merz 'não é ideológica' — poder360.com.br](https://www.poder360.com.br/poder-governo/na-alemanha-lula-diz-que-relacao-com-merz-nao-e-ideologica/)
* [Lula diz que Brasil é um dos menos afetados pela guerra no Irã — poder360.com.br](https://www.poder360.com.br/poder-governo/lula-diz-que-brasil-e-um-dos-menos-afetados-pela-guerra-no-ira/)
* [Lula: Brasil é um dos menos afetados pela 'maluquice' da guerra contra Irã — cnnbrasil.com.br](https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/politica/lula-brasil-e-um-dos-menos-afetados-pela-maluquice-da-guerra-contra-ira/)
* [Lula chega à Alemanha, que quer negociar com o Brasil — folha.uol.com.br](https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/mundo/2026/04/lula-chega-a-alemanha-que-quer-muito-negociar-com-o-brasil.shtml)
* [Lula desembarca na Alemanha em busca de negócios e parcerias em tecnologia — g1.globo.com](https://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2026/04/19/lula-desembarca-na-alemanha-em-busca-de-negocios-e-parcerias-em-tecnologia.ghtml)
* [Lula critica 'narrativas falsas' sobre agro brasileiro — folha.uol.com.br](https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/mercado/2026/04/na-alemanha-lula-critica-narrativas-falsas-sobre-agronegocio-brasileiro.shtml)
* [Lula desembarca na Alemanha para a Hannover Messe 2026, a maior feira industrial do mundo, e se reúne com Merz — oglobo.globo.com](https://oglobo.globo.com/economia/noticia/2026/04/19/lula-desembarca-na-alemanha-para-a-hannover-messe-2026-a-maior-feira-industrial-do-mundo-e-se-reune-com-merz.ghtml)
* [Lula chega à Alemanha para assinar parcerias comerciais e de inovação — jb.com.br](https://www.jb.com.br/brasil/politica/2026/04/1059345-lula-chega-a-alemanha-para-assinar-parcerias-comerciais-e-de-inovacao.html)
* [Lula tem agendas ao lado do chanceler Merz em Hannover, na Alemanha — metropoles.com](https://www.metropoles.com/mundo/lula-agendas-chanceler-merz-hannover-alemanha)
* [Lula e Merz defendem laços estreitos entre Brasil e União Europeia — noticias.uol.com.br](https://noticias.uol.com.br/ultimas-noticias/reuters/2026/04/19/lula-e-merz-defendem-lacos-estreitos-entre-brasil-e-uniao-europeia.amp.htm)
* [Passagem de Lula pela Alemanha inclui reunião com o chanceler Friedrich Merz — cartacapital.com.br](https://www.cartacapital.com.br/cartaexpressa/passagem-de-lula-pela-alemanha-inclui-reuniao-com-o-chanceler-friedrich-merz/)
* ['Para que serve o Conselho de Segurança da ONU?', questiona Lula — correiobraziliense.com.br](https://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/politica/2026/04/7401388-para-que-serve-o-conselho-de-seguranca-da-onu-questiona-lula.html)
* [Lula: Mundo não pode se curvar a presidente que acredita poder taxar, punir, fazer guerra por tweet — estadao.com.br](https://www.estadao.com.br/amp/internacional/lula-criticas-guerra-trump-alemanha-npr/)
* [Lula narrowly ahead of Flavio Bolsonaro in potential Brazilian runoff, poll shows — reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/lula-seen-ahead-flavio-bolsonaro-brazil-election-second-round-cntmda-poll-shows-2026-04-14/)
* [Pesquisas eleitorais: como está a disputa Lula x Flávio Bolsonaro após Datafolha e Quaest — veja.abril.com.br](https://veja.abril.com.br/politica/pesquisas-eleitorais-como-esta-a-disputa-lula-x-flavio-bolsonaro-apos-datafolha-e-quaest/)
* [Lula contra Lula — aterraeredonda.com.br](https://aterraeredonda.com.br/lula-contra-lula/)
* [Como Lula derreteu na vantagem eleitoral que tinha em 2022 — gazetadopovo.com.br](https://www.gazetadopovo.com.br/eleicoes/2026/como-lula-derreteu-na-vantagem-eleitoral-que-tinha-em-2022/)
* [Flávio Bolsonaro cresce e ameaça Lula no 2º turno; veja todas as pesquisas divulgadas na última semana — terra.com.br](https://www.terra.com.br/noticias/brasil/politica/flavio-bolsonaro-cresce-e-ameaca-lula-no-2-turno-veja-todas-as-pesquisas-divulgadas-na-ultima-semana,342d7e4e01acf675c641d11a2bc6c142dj9mon9b.html)
* Pesquisa Quaest: Flávio Bolsonaro supera Lula pela —
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Chile
José Antonio Kast delivered Chile's first national broadcast of his presidency on April 15, presenting a 40-measure economic package he called "not an ideological agenda but a concrete response to real emergencies." Within days, polling showed 73% of Chileans want higher taxes on large corporations — the opposite of the plan's centerpiece.
The National Reconstruction Plan cuts the corporate tax rate from 27% to 23% over four years and injects \$1.4 billion annually into an employment subsidy targeting 235,000 small and medium businesses. It also includes environmental permit reform, a housing VAT exemption on new home sales, and \$450 million for fire-affected regions. Chile Vamos and the Republican Party (Partido Republicano) endorsed it immediately. But the plan arrived already damaged: ministers fell out over a university tuition measure, which was quietly dropped before the broadcast. Franco Parisi, whose People's Party holds 14 seats in the Chamber — the critical swing bloc — called the plan inadequate for the middle class and criticized the government's "lack of professionalism." Agustín Romero, a Republican Party legislator, warned coalition partners: "If someone disagrees with what the government presents, they should analyze whether they want to continue here."
Mr Kast is the region's loudest anti-Maduro voice among sitting presidents; he backed the US-supported attempt to capture Nicolás Maduro in January. Yet his government announced this week it is working to restore at least consular ties with Venezuela — severed since 2024 — because the arithmetic of immigration enforcement demands it. Chile's first mass deportation flight expelled 40 migrants on April 16, fulfilling a core campaign pledge. But no Venezuelans were on board: Chilean aircraft cannot land in Venezuela without diplomatic relations, and more than 252,000 Venezuelans have outstanding expulsion orders. Claudio Alvarado, the interior minister, confirmed the Foreign Ministry is in talks to resolve this "as quickly as possible." Ideology ran into arithmetic, and arithmetic won.
The Codelco crisis deepened in parallel. Daniel Mas, the economy and mining minister, told reporters the next board president is "already defined," intensifying a confrontation with outgoing chair Máximo Pacheco ahead of the annual shareholder meeting. Insiders describe the coming change as a rescue operation. Production fell roughly 8% in the first quarter, compounding a debt load of \$22.3 billion and declining ore grades. A separate dispute has broken out over Pacheco's seat on the board of Novandino Litio, a joint venture between Codelco and Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM) — a fight that matters beyond personnel, since the joint venture is how Chile manages its state lithium policy.
The government is in sustained decline. Approval has fallen for four consecutive months, reaching 33% in the latest Pulso Ciudadano poll, with disapproval at a term-high of 53.3% and cabinet approval at a new low of 27%. A lunch Mr Kast hosted for roughly 70 former law school classmates at the presidential palace on April 10 became a symbol of poor political judgment: 88% of Chileans heard about it, nearly half called it serious or very serious, and the Contraloría General, Chile's state auditor, opened an investigation into whether public staff were used. The government says he paid personally but has not explained why palace staff appear in photographs. The drop — from roughly 58% approval at inauguration to 33% four months in — looks less like the normal post-inauguration fade and more like structural erosion.
* **Kast's La Moneda lunch with university classmates triggers Contraloría investigation and political backlash** — A private lunch that Mr Kast hosted for former law school classmates at La Moneda palace on April 10 sparked sustained political controversy, with opposition legislators filing a complaint before the Contraloría General over the use of state premises and financing. The government asserted Mr Kast paid personally, and the Contraloría confirmed it was investigating. The episode became a prominent symbol of government communication failures and contributed to the approval rating decline shown in polling. *([emol.com](https://www.emol.com/noticias/Nacional/2026/04/13/1197102/gobierno-almuerzo-presidente-excompaneros.html))*
* **Former President Boric makes first post-presidential appearance at Barcelona progressive summit, backs female UN leadership and Bachelet candidacy** — Gabriel Boric made his first public international appearance as former president at the fourth 'In Defense of Democracy' summit in Barcelona on April 18, serving as moderator alongside world leaders including Lula, Pedro Sánchez, Claudia Sheinbaum and Gustavo Petro. He warned of authoritarian advances, called for multilateral reform and endorsed a female candidate — widely interpreted as support for Michelle Bachelet — to succeed António Guterres, the UN secretary-general. Chile's governing coalition reacted critically to the visibility of opposition figures at the summit. Bachelet separately appeared before UN member states to present her candidacy. *([theclinic.cl](https://www.theclinic.cl/2026/04/18/la-democracia-no-es-un-estado-natural-de-las-cosas-tenemos-que-cultivarla-dia-a-dia-boric-rompe-su-silencio-pospresidencial-y-hace-un-guino-a-la-candidatura-de-bachelet-a-la-onu/))*
* **Kast government plans 'rescue operation' for Codelco as minister publicly criticizes management ahead of shareholder meeting** — Daniel Mas, the economy and mining minister, escalated public criticism of Codelco's management and signaled a new board president is already selected, intensifying tensions with outgoing board chair Máximo Pacheco ahead of the annual shareholder meeting. The government is preparing what insiders describe as a rescue operation for the debt-laden state miner, whose production dropped approximately 8% in the first quarter of 2026. A parallel dispute has emerged over Pacheco's position on the board of Novandino Litio, a joint venture between Codelco and SQM. Diego Hernández, a former chief executive, called publicly for a full corporate turnaround.
* [Chile's Kast unveils slew of reforms including corporate tax rate cut — reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/chiles-kast-unveils-slew-reforms-including-corporate-tax-rate-cut-2026-04-16/)
* [Las 10 medidas del megaproyecto de Kast y su defensa a la rebaja de impuestos a las empresas — ex-ante.cl](https://www.ex-ante.cl/el-detalle-de-20-medidas-del-megaproyecto-de-kast-y-su-defensa-a-la-rebaja-de-impuestos-a-las-empresas/)
* [No nos hagan financiar al Estado con el bolsillo de las Pymes: emprendedores contra Kast por plan tributario — eldesconcierto.cl](https://eldesconcierto.cl/actualidad/no-nos-hagan-financiar-al-estado-el-bolsillo-las-pymes-emprendedores-contra-kast-plan-tributario-n5458182)
* [Cambio en gratuidad, un solo proyecto y rebaja de impuestos: Siete claves de la 'reconstrucción' de Kast — emol.com](https://www.emol.com/noticias/Nacional/2026/04/16/1197366/claves-cadena-nacional-kast-porreconstruccion.html)
* [Presidente Kast en Chile presenta proyecto que reduce impuestos a sociedades — bloomberg.com](https://bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-16/presidente-kast-en-chile-presenta-proyecto-que-reduce-impuestos-a-sociedades)
* [Presidente Kast presenta proyecto de 'Reconstrucción Nacional': estos son los 5 ejes de la iniciativa — adnradio.cl](https://www.adnradio.cl/2026/04/15/presidente-kast-presenta-proyecto-de-reconstruccion-nacional-estos-son-los-5-ejes-de-la-inciativa/)
* [Presidente Kast anuncia plan con foco en reconstrucción, inversión y vivienda — chocale.cl](https://chocale.cl/2026/04/presidente-kast-anuncia-plan-con-foco-en-reconstruccion-inversion-y-vivienda/)
* ['Tremendo gato por liebre' y 'un paquete sólido': Las reacciones al plan de Reconstrucción anunciado por Kast — emol.com](https://www.emol.com/noticias/Nacional/2026/04/15/1197367/reacciones-plan-reconstruccion-anunciado-kast.html)
* [Minuto a Minuto | Kast presenta en cadena nacional su Plan de Reconstrucción con más de 40 medidas — latercera.com](https://latercera.com/politica/noticia/cadena-nacional-de-kast-por-plan-de-reconstruccion)
* [Pdte. Kast anuncia cambios en contribuciones e IVA de viviendas nuevas — chilevision.cl](https://www.chilevision.cl/noticias/nacional/pdte-kast-anuncia-cambios-en-contribuciones-e-iva-a-viviendas-nuevas-estas-son-las-medidas-para-los-hogares/)
* [Estrategia de Kast para equilibrar el presupuesto de Chile enfrenta un inicio difícil — bloomberglinea.com](https://bloomberglinea.com/latinoamerica/chile/estrategia-de-kast-para-equilibrar-el-presupuesto-de-chile-enfrenta-un-inicio-dificil)
* [Despegue del proyecto emblemático de Kast — df.cl](https://df.cl/senal-df/doble-shot/despegue-del-proyecto-emblematico-de-kast-yreapertura-temporal-de-ormuz)
* [Presidente Kast presenta plan de reconstrucción con rebaja de impuestos en el centro — radio.uchile.cl](https://radio.uchile.cl/2026/04/15/presidente-kast-presenta-plan-de-reconstruccion-con-rebaja-de-impuestos-en-el-centro)
* [Presidente Kast en cadena nacional: 'Vamos a romper con el estancamiento y la burocracia' — biobiochile.cl](https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/nacional/chile/2026/04/15/rebaja-de-impuestos-y-credito-al-empleo-formal-las-claves-del-plan-de-reconstruccion-de-kast.shtml)
* [Ahora en DF | Kast presenta los ejes de su plan de Reconstrucción en cadena nacional — df.cl](https://www.df.cl/df-video/ahora-en-df-kast-presenta-los-ejes-de-su-plan-de-reconstruccion-en-cadena)
* [Los cinco ejes de la megarreforma de Kast — latercera.com](https://latercera.com/politica/noticia/los-ejes-del-plan-de-reconstruccion-desde-la-competitividad-tributaria-a-la-contencion-del-gasto-publico)
* [Mesa DC rechaza megarreforma del gobierno de Kast — latercera.com](https://latercera.com/politica/noticia/dc-rechaza-megarreforma-del-gobierno-de-kast-y-advierte-que-afecta-severamente-ingresos-fiscales)
* [Megaproyecto de Kast. Beneficio a grandes empresas y súper ricos, 'regresivo' — elsiglo.cl](https://elsiglo.cl/megaproyecto-de-kast-beneficio-a-grandes-empresas-y-super-ricos-regresivo-y-un-manotazo-a-las-familias-trabajadoras)
* [Parisi afirma que a megarreforma de Kast 'le falta clase media' — latercera.com](https://latercera.com/politica/noticia/parisi-afirma-que-a-megarreforma-de-kast-le-falta-clase-media-y-critica-al-gobierno-por-falta-de-profesionalismo)
* [Kast presenta un ambicioso proyecto de ley económico en Chile — perfil.com](https://perfil.com/noticias/bloomberg/bc-el-presidente-de-chile-kast-presenta-proyecto-de-ley-economico-emblematico.phtml)
* [Kast anuncia plan neoliberal recargado — izquierdadiario.es](https://www.izquierdadiario.es/Kast-anuncia-plan-neoliberal-recargado)
* [El gallito entre Quiroz y Alvarado por el liderazgo del gobierno de Kast tensionado por la Ley Miscelánea — eldesconcierto.cl](https://eldesconcierto.cl/reportajes/el-gallito-quiroz-y-alvarado-el-liderazgo-del-gobierno-kast-tensionado-la-ley-miscelanea-n5458041)
* [Fact checking a la primera cadena nacional del presidente José Antonio Kast — fastcheck.cl](https://fastcheck.cl/2026/04/18/fact-checking-a-la-primera-cadena-nacional-del-presidente-jose-antonio-kast)
* [La Moneda descarta incluir límite a la gratuidad universitaria tras diferencias entre ministros — latercera.com](https://www.latercera.com/politica/noticia/la-moneda-descarta-incluir-limite-a-la-gratuidad-universitaria-tras-diferencias-entre-ministros/?outputType=base-amp-type)
* [Chile: proyecto de Kast que recorta impuestos a ricos causa controversia — jornada.com.mx](https://jornada.com.mx/2026/04/19/economia/017n1eco)
* [Plan de Kast prioriza inversión privada y desata críticas por beneficiar a súper ricos — interferencia.cl](https://interferencia.cl/articulos/plan-de-kast-prioriza-inversion-privada-y-desata-criticas-por-beneficiar-super-ricos)
* [Kast toma el control de su principal apuesta política — latercera.com](https://latercera.com/politica/noticia/kast-toma-el-control-de-su-principal-apuesta-politica)
* [Kast presenta este miércoles su megarreforma tributaria en Chile — sintapujosradio.com](https://sintapujosradio.com/kast-presenta-este-miercoles-su-megarreforma-tributaria-en-chile-que-incluye-por-que-genera-rechazo-incluso-en-la-derecha-y-que-opciones-tiene/)
* [Chile Vamos y Republicanos entregan su respaldo al Proyecto de Reconstrucción Nacional — lanacion.cl](https://www.lanacion.cl/chile-vamos-y-republicanos-entregan-su-respaldo-al-proyecto-de-reconstruccion-nacional/)
* [Gobierno se despliega para comunicar Plan de Reconstrucción — zonazero.cl](https://zonazero.cl/2026/04/gobierno-se-despliega-para-comunicar-plan-de-reconstruccion-con-foco-en-empleo-e-inversion/)
* [Chile: oficialismo se cuadra con el presidente Kast para aprobar su Plan de Reconstrucción — infobae.com](https://www.infobae.com/america/america-latina/2026/04/17/chile-oficialismo-se-cuadra-con-el-presidente-kast-para-aprobar-su-plan-de-reconstruccion/)
* [Oficialismo se alinea para sacar adelante Ley Miscelánea — biobiochile.cl](https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/nacional/chile/2026/04/16/oficialismo-se-alinea-para-sacar-adelante-ley-miscelanea-inquietud-ahora-es-el-tiempo-de-tramitacion.shtml)
* [Chile Vamos y Republicanos comprometen su respaldo al plan de reconstrucción de Kast — puranoticia.pnt.cl](https://puranoticia.pnt.cl/nacional/chile-vamos-y-republicanos-comprometen-su-respaldo-al-plan-de)
* [Esta noche es la primera cadena nacional: cómo verla y qué se sabe sobre el proyecto — biobiochile.cl](https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/servicios/toma-nota/2026/04/15/esta-noche-es-la-primera-cadena-nacional-como-verla-y-que-se-sabe-sobre-el-proyecto-que-se-presentara.shtml)
* [Cónclave oficialista: Kast ordena a su sector y Alessandri aboga por acercarse a todos los partidos — biobiochile.cl](https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/nacional/chile/2026/04/14/conclave-oficialista-kast-ordena-a-su-sector-y-alessandri-aboga-por-acercarse-a-todos-los-partidos.shtml)
* ['Chile Vamos ya cumplió su ciclo': las divisiones en el oficialismo — biobiochile.cl](https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/nacional/chile/2026/04/14/chile-vamos-ya-cumplio-su-ciclo-las-divisiones-en-el-oficialismo-por-el-rol-y-futuro-de-chile-vamos.shtml)
* [Núñez responde a 'fuego amigo' en Chile Vamos: la lealtad se mide en votos — publimicro.cl](https://publimicro.cl/nunez-responde-a-fuego-amigo-en-chile-vamos-la-lealtad-se-mide-en-votos/)
* [José Antonio Kast presenta plan de reconstrucción: Oficialismo reconoce que no hay medidas para clase media — eldesconcierto.cl](https://eldesconcierto.cl/actualidad/jose-antonio-kast-presenta-plan-reconstruccion-oficialismo-reconoce-que-no-hay-medidas-clase-media-n5458083)
* [Kast anuncia paquete de medidas de 'reconstrucción' en medio de cacerolazos en Santiago — cnnespanol.cnn.com](https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2026/04/15/latinoamerica/chile-kast-cadena-nacional-medidas-reconstruccion-cacerolazos-orix)
* [Agustín Romero (P. Rep): 'Si alguien del oficialismo no está de acuerdo, que analice si quiere seguir acá' — latercera.com](https://www.latercera.com/politica/noticia/agustin-romero-p-rep-si-alguien-del-oficialismo-no-esta-de-acuerdo-con-lo-que-presente-el-gobierno-que-analice-si-quiere-seguir-aca/)
* [Alejandro Irarrázaval entra a la arena política y estrena citas con partidos — latercera.com](https://www.latercera.com/politica/noticia/alejandro-irarrazaval-entra-a-la-arena-politica-y-estrena-citas-con-partidos/)
* [Kast anuncia su primer paquete de reformas: el ambicioso plan de 40 medidas — elpais.com.uy](https://www.elpais.com.uy/mundo/kast-anuncia-su-primer-gran-plan-de-reformas-el-ambicioso-plan-de-40-medidas-para-romper-el-estancamiento)
* [Ministro García Ruminot responde a críticas de la oposición por rebaja tributaria — cnnchile.com](https://www.cnnchile.com/pais/ministro-garcia-ruminot-responde-a-criticas-de-la-oposicion-por-rebaja-tributaria-no-estamos-haciendo-algo-tan-distinto-a-lo-que-ellos-iban-a-hacer_20260419/)
* [García Ruminot defiende rebaja del impuesto de Primera Categoría — df.cl](https://www.df.cl/economia-y-politica/gobierno/garcia-ruminot-defiende-rebaja-del-impuesto-de-primera-categoria-lo)
* [Cristián Monckeberg: Sedini se equivoca, pero otros ministros callan — notichile.cl](https://www.notichile.cl/chile/noticia-chile-cristian-monckeberg-sedini-equivoca-otros-ministros-callan-20260419165044.html)
* [A receita de Kast para o PIB chileno — www1.folha.uol.com.br](https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/opiniao/2026/04/a-receita-de-kast-para-o-pib-chileno.shtml)
* [Pulso Ciudadano: Aprobación del pdte. Kast cae a un 33% tras cadena nacional — chilevision.cl](https://www.chilevision.cl/noticias/nacional/aprobacion-del-presidente-kast-cae-a-un-33-segun-pulso-ciudadano/)
* [Aprobación de José Antonio Kast continúa a la baja y llegó a 33% según encuesta de Pulso Ciudadano — pagina7.cl](https://www.pagina7.cl/actualidad/aprobacion-de-jose-antonio-kast-continua-a-la-baja-y-llego-a-33-segun-encuesta-de-pulso-ciudadano/)
* [Efecto cena en La Moneda: desaprobación del Presidente Kast sigue subiendo según Pulso Ciudadano — elmostrador.cl](https://www.elmostrador.cl/noticias/pais/2026/04/19/efecto-cena-en-la-moneda-desaprobacion-del-presidente-kast-sigue-subiendo-segun-pulso-ciudadano/)
* [Pulso Ciudadano: Respaldo al Presidente Kast llega al 33,3% y desaprobación sube más de cuatro puntos — emol.com](https://emol.com/noticias/Nacional/2026/04/19/1197641/aprobacion-kast-encuesta-pulso-ciudadano.html)
* [Pulso Ciudadano: aprobación de Kast cae a 33,3% y desaprobación marca su nivel más alto — chicureohoy.cl](https://www.chicureohoy.cl/actualidad/pulso-ciudadano-aprobacion-de-kast-cae-a-333-y-desaprobacion-marca-su-nivel-mas-alto-desde-que-asumio/)
* [Aprobación de José Antonio Kast cae a 33% y desaprobación supera el 53%, según Pulso Ciudadano — linaresenlinea.cl](https://www.linaresenlinea.cl/2026/04/19/aprobacion-de-jose-antonio-kast-cae-a-33-y-desaprobacion-supera-el-53-segun-pulso-ciudadano/)
* [Pulso Ciudadano: José Antonio Kast baja su aprobación a un 33% según la encuesta — radioimagina.cl](https://www.radioimagina.cl/2026/04/pulso-ciudadano-jose-antonio-kast-baja-su-aprobacion-a-un-33-segun-la-encuesta/)
* [Criteria: aprobación de Kast alcanza el 37% tras anotar leve alza y su desaprobación se mantiene en un 49% — latercera.com](https://latercera.com/politica/noticia/criteria-aprobacion-de-kast-alcanza-el-37-tras-anotar-leve-alza-y-su-desaprobacion-se-mantiene-en-un-49)
* [Panel Ciudadano: Aprobación presidencial de Kast se mantiene en 39% tras primera cadena nacional — radioagricultura.cl](https://radioagricultura.cl/noticias/politica/panel-ciudadano-aprobacion-presidencial-de-kast-se-mantiene-en-39-tras-primera-cadena-nacional_20260418)
* [La vocera de Kast, de figura de la campaña a cara visible de las fallas de comunicación del gobierno — lanacion.com.ar](https://www.lanacion.com.ar/el-mundo/la-vocera-de-kast-de-figura-de-la-campana-a-cara-visible-de-las-fallas-de-comunicacion-del-gobierno-nid18042026/)
* [Chile carries out first deportation flight as part of new migration plan — reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/chile-carries-out-first-deportation-flight-part-new-migration-plan-2026-04-16/)
* [Chile's José Antonio Kast Begins Mass Deportation Flights of Illegal Migrants — breitbart.com](https://www.breitbart.com/latin-america/2026/04/16/chiles-jose-antonio-kast-begins-mass-deportation-flights-of-illegal-migrants/)
* [Thayer: Primer vuelo de expulsión de Kast es continuidad de la gestión anterior — cooperativa.cl](https://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/pais/poblacion/inmigrantes/thayer-primer-vuelo-de-expulsion-de-kast-es-continuidad-de-la-gestion/2026-04-16/191446.html)
* [Chile pone en marcha política migratoria de Kast: ¿podría habilitarse un corredor humanitario que pase por Perú? — rpp.pe](https://rpp.pe/peru/actualidad/chile-pone-en-marcha-politica-migratoria-de-kast-podria-habilitarse-un-corredor-humanitario-que-pase-por-peru-noticia-1684822)
* [Gobierno de Kast alista primera expulsión de migrantes en vuelo a Ecuador y Colombia — ellibero.cl](https://ellibero.cl/portada/gobierno-de-kast-alista-primera-expulsion-de-migrantes-ilegales-en-vuelos-a-ecuador-y-colombia/)
* [Llegaron a Bogotá los primeros colombianos expulsados masivamente de Chile — infobae.com](https://www.infobae.com/colombia/2026/04/17/llegaron-a-bogota-los-primeros-colombianos-expulsados-masivamente-de-chile-por-que-el-gobierno-de-kast-los-saco-del-pais/)
* [Imigrantes no Chile relatam xenofobia e planos de ir embora sob governo Kast — valor.globo.com](https://valor.globo.com/mundo/noticia/2026/04/19/imigrantes-no-chile-relatam-xenofobia-e-planos-de-ir-embora-sob-governo-kast.ghtml)
* [Gobierno chileno busca restablecer relaciones con Venezuela 'al menos a nivel consular' — gestion.pe](https://gestion.pe/mundo/gobierno-chileno-busca-restablecer-relaciones-con-venezuela-al-menos-a-nivel-consular-noticia/)
* [Chile comenzó conversaciones para intentar reanudar las relaciones a nivel consular con Venezuela — lapatilla.com](https://lapatilla.com/2026/04/19/chile-comenzo-conversaciones-para-intentar-reanudar-las-relaciones-a-nivel-consular-con-venezuela)
* [Gobierno chileno busca restablecer relaciones con Venezuela 'al menos a nivel consular' — eldiario.com](https://eldiario.com/2026/04/19/gobierno-chileno-busca-restablecer-relaciones-con-venezuela)
* [Gobierno chileno busca restablecer relaciones con Venezuela 'al menos a nivel consular' — infobae.com](https://infobae.com/america/agencias/2026/04/19/gobierno-chileno-busca-restablecer-relaciones-con-venezuela-al-menos-a-nivel-consular)
* [Ministro Alvarado confirmó que el Gobierno busca restablecer relaciones consulares con Venezuela — biobiochile.cl](https://biobiochile.cl/noticias/nacional/chile/2026/04/19/ministro-alvarado-confirmo-que-el-gobierno-busca-restablecer-relaciones-consulares-con-venezuela.shtml)
* ['¿Qué importa?': Siguen las reacciones por el almuerzo que ofreció Kast en La Moneda a excompañeros — emol.com](https://www.emol.com/noticias/Nacional/2026/04/14/1197161/almuerzo-kast-curso-la-moneda.html)
* [Almuerzo en La Moneda: Ejecutivo dice que fue financiado por Kast y se abren reparos oficialistas — emol.com](https://www.emol.com/noticias/Nacional/2026/04/13/1197102/gobierno-almuerzo-presidente-excompaneros.html)
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* [Daniel Stingo, compañero de generación excluido del almuerzo de Kast: 'Era una espina en el zapato' — biobiochile.cl](https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/espectaculos-y-tv/celebridades/2026/04/13/daniel-stingo-companero-de-generacion-excluido-del-almuerzo-de-kast-era-una-espina-en-el-zapato.shtml)
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* [Entre líderes de izquierda y llamado a apoyar a Bachelet: Así fue la participación de Boric en foro progresista en España — emol.com](https://www.emol.com/noticias/Nacional/2026/04/18/1197600/boric-participacion-cumbre-izquierda-espana.html)
* [Expresidente Boric advierte avance del autoritarismo y promueve a una 'mujer' a la ONU — radio.uchile.cl](https://radio.uchile.cl/2026/04/18/cumbre-progresista-expresidente-boric-advierte-avance-del-autoritarismo-y-promueve-a-una-mujer-a-la-onu)
* [Boric reaparece públicamente, llama a cuidar la democracia y pide impulsar candidatura de Bachelet a la ONU — eldinamo.cl](https://eldinamo.cl/politica/2026/04/18/boric-reaparece-publicamente-llama-a-cuidar-la-democracia-y-pide-impulsar-candidatura-de-bachelet-a-la-onu)
* [\[Vivo\] Encuentro en Barcelona: Así es primera intervención de Gabriel Boric como expresidente — ex-ante.cl](https://www.ex-ante.cl/vivo-encuentro-en-barcelona-con-lula-sanchez-y-sheinbaum-asi-es-la-primera-intervencion-de-gabriel-boric-como-expresidente/)
* [Barcelona: Boric insta a defender instituciones globales y aboga por Bachelet para ONU — nuevopoder.cl](https://www.nuevopoder.cl/barcelona-boric-insta-a-defender-instituciones-globales-y-aboga-por-bachelet-para-onu/)
* [Cumbre en Defensa de la Democracia: Boric expresa preocupación por el auge de 'proyectos autoritarios' — cnnchile.com](https://cnnchile.com/mundo/cumbre-en-defensa-de-la-democracia-boric-expresa-preocupacion-por-el-auge-de-proyectos-autoritarios-y-hace-guino-a-la-candidatura-de-bachelet-a-la-onu_20260418)
* [Expresidente Boric participó en foro internacional junto a líderes — radioagricultura.cl](https://www.radioagricultura.cl/noticias/nacional/expresidente-boric-participo-en-foro-internacional-junto-a-lideres_20260418/)
* [Boric pide impulsar candidatura de primera mujer a dirigir la ONU — 5septiembre.cu](https://www.5septiembre.cu/boric-pide-impulsar-candidatura-de-primera-mujer-a-dirigir-la-onu/)
* [Boric impulsa la candidatura de una mujer para liderar la ONU — diarioyacr.com](https://www.diarioyacr.com/boric-pide-impulsar-candidatura-de-primera-mujer-a-dirigir-la-onu/)
* [Boric apuesta por que la ONU sea liderada por una mujer 'por primera vez en 80 años' — infobae.com](https://infobae.com/america/agencias/2026/04/18/boric-apuesta-por-que-la-onu-sea-liderada-por-una-mujer-por-primera-vez-en-80-anos)
* [Gabriel Boric participará en cumbre internacional por la democracia en Barcelona — lahora.cl](https://lahora.cl/cronica/2026/04/17/gabriel-boric-participara-en-cumbre-internacional-por-la-democracia-en-barcelona)
* [La otra cena de Montjuïc \[Boric y Jackson del Frente Amplio Chile\] — lavanguardia.com](https://www.lavanguardia.com/opinion/20260419/11517086/cena-montjuic.html)
* ['Falta de pudor' y 'ya no es presidente': Oficialismo reacciona a despliegue de la izquierda en cumbre progresista de España — emol.com](https://www.emol.com/noticias/Nacional/2026/04/19/1197649/jackson-boric-cumbre-espana-reacciones.html)
* [Expresidenta Bachelet presentará este martes su candidatura ante los 193 países de la ONU — biobiochile.cl](https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/nacional/chile/2026/04/19/expresidenta-bachelet-presentara-este-martes-su-candidatura-ante-los-193-paises-de-la-onu.shtml)
* [Boric reitera apoyo a Bachelet en carrera a la ONU y desata opiniones divididas en el Congreso — latercera.com](https://www.latercera.com/politica/noticia/boric-reitera-apoyo-a-bachelet-en-carrera-a-la-onu-y-desata-opiniones-divididas-en-el-congreso/)
* [Diego Hernández: 'En Codelco hay que hacer un turnaround, tienen que dar vuelta la empresa' — df.cl](https://www.df.cl/senal-df/el-deal/diego-hernandez-en-codelco-hay-que-hacer-un-turn-around-tienen-que-dar)
* [Los planes del Gobierno para iniciar la 'operación salvataje' de Codelco — df.cl](https://www.df.cl/senal-df/el-deal/los-planes-del-gobierno-para-iniciar-la-operacion-salvataje-de-codelco)
* [Mas revela que próximo presidente de Codelco está definido — df.cl](https://www.df.cl/empresas/mineria/mas-revela-que-proximo-presidente-de-codelco-esta-definido-y-dice-que)
* [La batalla por el directorio de Nova Andino Litio — df.cl](https://www.df.cl/senal-df/el-deal/la-batalla-por-el-directorio-de-nova-andino-litio)
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