{"id":1702,"date":"2025-06-20T08:18:35","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T08:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/?p=1702"},"modified":"2025-06-20T08:18:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T08:18:35","slug":"lula-sheinbaum-attend-diplomatic-meetings-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/?p=1702","title":{"rendered":"Lula, Sheinbaum Attend Diplomatic Meetings in Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Welcome back to <em>Foreign Policy<\/em>\u2019s Latin America Brief.<\/p>\n<p>The highlights this week: The leaders of Brazil and Mexico attend the <strong>G-7 summit<\/strong>, Bolivia celebrates a <strong>syncretic religious festival<\/strong>, and Nicaragua remembers its <strong>first female president<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-unit-signup--shortcode-fallback\">\n<h2 class=\"dek-heading\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/category\/latin-america-brief\/\">Sign up<\/a>  to receive Latin America Brief in your inbox every Friday.            <\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<form data-shortcode-newsletter=\"latin_america_brief\" class=\"newsletter-unit-signup newsletter-unit-signup--shortcode email-capture--step-1 newsletter-unit-signup--shortcode-latin_america_brief\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-latin_america_brief newsletter-shortcode-latin_america_brief\">\n<div class=\"show-on-email-capture--signed-up hide-from-newsletter-subscriber newsletter-unit-signup--shortcode--container\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-unit newsletter-row\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-latin_america_brief\">\n<h2 class=\"dek-heading\">Sign up to receive Latin America Brief in your inbox every Friday.<\/h2>\n<p>\n                        <button class=\"button\">Sign Up<\/button>\n                    <\/p>\n<div class=\"grid--flex newsletter-latin_america_brief newsletter-signup-container\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"Latin America Brief sign up form\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div class=\"buttons\">\n<div class=\"hide-from-newsletter-subscriber privacy-policy-container\">\n<div class=\"privacy-policy-acknowledge\">\n<p><small>By submitting your email, you agree to the <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/privacy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/termsofuse\/\" target=\"_blank\">Terms of Use<\/a> and to receive email correspondence from us. You may opt out at any time.<\/small><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n    <label for=\"email-latin_america_brief\">Enter your email<\/label><br \/>\n    <input type=\"email\" name=\"email\" class=\"hide-from-reg hide-from-sub\" id=\"email-latin_america_brief\" aria-required=\"true\" required=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>    <button class=\"button button--signup \" data-newsletter-id=\"latin_america_brief\" data-sourceid=\"In-article unit\" type=\"submit\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"sign-up-text\">Sign Up<\/span><br \/>\n      <span class=\"loading-text\">Loading&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n    <\/button>\n  <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Two Latin American leaders attended this week\u2019s G-7 summit in Kananaskis, Canada: Brazilian President Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum.<\/p>\n<p>Lula is a familiar face at the G-7. He was in his first term as president when the grouping of wealthy countries, then-known as the G-8, was beginning to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2003\/06\/02\/IHT-but-tensions-overshadow-official-agenda-g8-leaders-seek-to-end-divisions.html\">expand<\/a> its annual dialogues to include guests from developing nations in 2003. At the time, the group was responding to criticism that it had become too exclusive.<\/p>\n<p>Lula has generally used his G-7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.poder360.com.br\/poder-governo\/em-8-idas-ao-g7-lula-reclamou-do-grupo-e-teve-sugestoes-ignoradas\/\">appearances<\/a> to call for a greater role for the global south in international politics. At the 2003 summit, he argued for the creation of a fund to fight world hunger. Though the idea did not make it into that year\u2019s official communiqu\u00e9, a similar proposal became a reality in 2024, when Lula hosted the G-20 summit in Rio de Janeiro.<\/p>\n<p>Other ideas that Lula defended at past G-7 summits were endorsed more quickly. He called for rich countries to remove agriculture subsidies that Brazil viewed as unfair competition, an issue that was mentioned in the 2008 summit declaration. And he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/portuguese\/reporterbbc\/story\/2005\/07\/050706_glaucioba\">voiced support for<\/a> a robust deal to fight the climate crisis well before the Paris Agreement was adopted in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>This year, Lula <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LulaOficial\/status\/1935120137306386685\">suggested<\/a> that wealthy countries should increase their climate funding to poorer ones and that all countries should tax their super-rich residents more. In a positive signal for Lula\u2019s agenda, ahead of the G-7 summit, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney <a href=\"https:\/\/valor.globo.com\/brasil\/noticia\/2025\/06\/11\/lula-confirma-participao-no-g7-e-primeiro-ministro-do-canad-aceita-convite-para-cop30.ghtml\">agreed<\/a> to attend the United Nations climate conference in Brazil in November.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, another G-7 guest, also <a href=\"https:\/\/www1.folha.uol.com.br\/mundo\/2025\/06\/lula-deixa-cupula-do-g7-sem-encontrar-zelenski-e-merz.shtml\">sought<\/a> a meeting with Lula, a shift from his past <a href=\"https:\/\/www.poder360.com.br\/poder-internacional\/lula-nao-e-mais-relevante-nas-negociacoes-da-guerra-diz-zelensky\/\">criticism<\/a> of the Brazilian president\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2023\/05\/02\/brazil-russia-ukraine-war-lula-diplomacy-active-nonalignment\/\">attempts to mediate<\/a> an end to Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine. However, the meeting was canceled due to what Brazil attributed to a delay in events.<\/p>\n<p>Though Lula has been a regular guest of the G-7, Sheinbaum was attending her first summit. Mexico\u2019s president has been frequently invited to the G-7 since 2003. But Sheinbaum\u2019s predecessor, Andr\u00e9s Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.milenio.com\/politica\/estos-son-los-paises-que-ha-visitado-amlo-como-presidente-de-mexico\">never attended<\/a> a summit. Sheinbaum took office last October.<\/p>\n<p>L\u00f3pez Obrador\u2019s absence from the summits was part of his broader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.infobae.com\/america\/mexico\/2020\/03\/01\/lopez-obrador-el-presidente-que-no-viaja-al-extranjero-elude-el-concierto-internacional-y-se-divorcio-de-la-prensa-mundial\/\">reluctance<\/a> to travel abroad or invest much time in diversifying Mexico\u2019s foreign relations beyond traditional partners, such as the United States and a handful of Latin American countries.<\/p>\n<p>Even though Mexico and Canada negotiated a trilateral trade pact with the United States under L\u00f3pez Obrador, Mexico-Canada relations became more strained by the end of his term, former Canadian and Mexican diplomats <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nPc3VO1Ii7A\">said<\/a> on a recent webinar hosted by the Canadian Council for the Americas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the end of the day, it\u2019s Canada\u2019s relationship with the U.S. and Mexico\u2019s relationship with the U.S., which is always going to take precedence over the trilateralization of the agenda,\u201d former Mexican diplomat Arturo Sarukhan said.<\/p>\n<p>Sheinbaum\u2019s trip to Alberta marked a clear break from L\u00f3pez Obrador. \u201cIn an interdependent world, no country can isolate itself,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gob.mx\/presidencia\/prensa\/presidenta-claudia-sheinbaum-propone-en-g7-cumbre-mundial-por-el-bienestar-economico\">said<\/a> during a summit session. Sheinbaum held bilateral talks with the leaders of Canada, Germany, India, and the European Union. She was also due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/americas\/mexicos-sheinbaum-speaks-with-trump-phone-after-meeting-canceled-2025-06-17\/\">meet<\/a> with U.S. President Donald Trump before he left the gathering early; the two later spoke by phone.<\/p>\n<p>Carney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9O3wOiNwri8\">said<\/a> that it was \u201cimmediately clear\u201d based on Sheinbaum\u2019s G-7 participation that Mexico should be \u201cat the center of international cooperation.\u201d Sheinbaum responded by giving the Canadian prime minister a soccer ball decorated with Indigenous Mexican art, in honor of next year\u2019s FIFA World Cup, which will be co-hosted by Canada, Mexico, and the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Although Carney did not mention \u201cour third co-host, the other president\u201d by name, he said that they \u201care totally aligned in our excitement, enthusiasm for the beautiful game.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>Saturday, June 22: <\/strong>S\u00e3o Paulo hosts the world\u2019s biggest LGBTQ+ pride event.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, June 25, to Friday, June 27: <\/strong>The Organization of American States hosts its annual assembly in Antigua and Barbuda.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>Local leaders stuck in Israel. <\/strong>The <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/projects\/iran-israel-conflict-news-nuclear-sites-proxies\/\">Israel-Iran conflict<\/a> that escalated last week has highlighted a relatively low-profile Israeli diplomatic strategy toward Latin American countries. Local officials from Brazil, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.infobae.com\/politica\/2025\/06\/16\/uno-de-los-diputados-varados-en-israel-conto-como-pasaron-el-fin-de-semana-son-horas-de-angustia-e-incertidumbre\/\">Argentina<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvn-2.com\/nacionales\/alcaldes-atrapados-israel-reunen-embajador-panama_1_2194111.html\">Paraguay<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publinews.gt\/noticias\/2025\/06\/15\/alcaldes-guatemaltecos-que-participaban-en-conferencia-internacional-permanecen-refugiados-en-israel\/\">Guatemala<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elpais.com.uy\/mundo\/dos-intendentes-electos-estan-refugiados-en-un-campus-universitario-en-israel-tras-el-ataque-a-iran\">Uruguay<\/a> were temporarily stuck in Israel amid the fighting, which shut down the country\u2019s main international airport.<\/p>\n<p>The Latin American officials had traveled to attend a security expo. The Brazilian officials\u2019 itinerary also included meeting with victims of Hamas\u2019s Oct. 7, 2023, attack and their families, the<em> Intercept Brasil <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intercept.com.br\/2025\/06\/17\/israel-viagem-prefeitos-brasileiros-guerra\/\">reported<\/a>. As some Latin American leaders criticize Israel\u2019s war conduct in Gaza, Israel has sought to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/latin-american-delegation-visits-israel-amid-surge-in-antisemitism-at-home\/'\">further public diplomacy<\/a> at the subnational level.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Israel named Lula persona non grata after he <a href=\"https:\/\/g1.globo.com\/mundo\/noticia\/2024\/02\/19\/israel-declara-lula-como-persona-non-grata.ghtml\">said<\/a> Israel was committing genocide in Gaza and compared its actions to the Holocaust. Many Brazilian mayors on the latest trip hailed from Brazil\u2019s opposition.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the Latin American leaders have since managed to depart via Jordan. Though Brazil\u2019s foreign ministry worked to safely extract the mayors, it also made a point to <a href=\"https:\/\/g1.globo.com\/politica\/noticia\/2025\/06\/16\/politicos-brasileiros-ignoraram-orientacao-contra-viagem-a-israel-diz-itamaraty.ghtml\">say<\/a> they had disobeyed its travel advisory by visiting Israel during a war.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brazil\u2019s critical minerals. <\/strong>China has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/b9596651-ccf5-4477-8bc8-256c460b7920\">tightened<\/a> rare-earth export controls in recent months, underscoring how important it is that countries have diverse suppliers of the critical minerals. Brazil has the world\u2019s second-largest rare earth reserves after China, <a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.usgs.gov\/periodicals\/mcs2025\/mcs2025.pdf\">according<\/a> to the U.S. Geological Survey, and Lula <a href=\"https:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/Business\/Markets\/Commodities\/Brazil-courts-investment-in-rare-earths-as-China-alternative\">says<\/a> the country is working to expand <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/markets\/commodities\/brazil-joins-race-loosen-chinas-grip-rare-earths-industry-2024-06-17\/\">production<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But that is up from a very low <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wilsoncenter.org\/article\/brazils-critical-minerals-and-global-clean-energy-revolution\">baseline<\/a>: In 2024, Brazil was responsible for less than 1 percent of global rare-earth mining production, while China was the source of around 70 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Brazil\u2019s national development bank is among the government actors working to ramp up investment in the critical minerals sector. Last week, the bank <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberglinea.com.br\/brasil\/governo-seleciona-56-projetos-de-minerais-estrategicos-para-receber-financiamento\/?utm_source=whatsapp&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=whatsapp-brasil\">announced<\/a> it had selected 56 mineral projects to receive special financing, including 10 involving rare earths; others focus on lithium, graphite, copper, and silicon.<\/p>\n<p>Together, the projects represent over $8 billion in investment. Companies involved hail from countries including Australia, Brazil, Canada, and the United States.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1198664\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone none\">            <span style=\"padding-bottom:66.625%;&#10;        \" class=\"image-attachment -ratioscale\"><br \/>\n        <br \/>\n        <\/span><figcaption style=\"height:0;opacity:0;\">Dancers of the Diablada fraternity perform during the Jes\u00fas del Gran Poder religious festival in La Paz, Bolivia, on June 14.<\/figcaption><p id=\"caption-attachment-1198664\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dancers of the Diablada fraternity perform during the Jes\u00fas del Gran Poder religious festival in La Paz, Bolivia, on June 14.<span class=\"attribution\">Aizar Raldes\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><!-- caption placeholder --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Syncretic religious festival. <\/strong>Last Saturday, Bolivians celebrated the annual festival of Jesus of Great Power, which mixes Catholic and Indigenous Andean traditions with elaborate costume parades and dancing in the streets.<\/p>\n<p>Its origins lie in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gran-poder.es\/devocion\/la-devocion-americana-a-jesus-del-gran-poder\/\">painting<\/a> of Jesus displayed in the 1600s at a Catholic chapel in La Paz, which is Bolivia\u2019s capital today. Eventually, La Paz residents began holding ceremonies in honor of the depicted Jesus\u2019s supposed ability to grant miracles.<\/p>\n<p>Although tens of thousands of people <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/154719b82cf306b9d8a96019479abda4\">participate<\/a> in the event annually, this year\u2019s festivities were more <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/bolivia-festividad-gran-poder-baile-crisis-3534b0f9529c7dbc73a7bd04d0c9638a\">subdued<\/a> in the wake of deadly political <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/jun\/17\/bolivia-crisis-morales-clashes\">demonstrations<\/a> in Bolivia. Six people died in clashes between supporters and opponents of former President Evo Morales in recent weeks. Parades during the festival <a href=\"https:\/\/laprensa.bo\/el-tatamovil-lidera-el-inicio-del-gran-poder-2025-en-la-paz-con-un-mensaje-de-unidad\">featured<\/a> a black ribbon of mourning and calls for peace.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fp-quiz\">\n<div class=\"fp-quiz-question\">\n<div class=\"fp-quiz-question-text\">\n<p>In addition to rare earths, another mineral important to the energy transition is copper. Chile has Latin America\u2019s largest copper reserves. Which country has the region\u2019s second largest?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"fp-quiz-question-response \"><\/p>\n<p>Mexico<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"fp-quiz-question-response is-answer\"><\/p>\n<p>Peru<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"fp-quiz-question-response \"><\/p>\n<p>Bolivia<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"fp-quiz-question-response \"><\/p>\n<p>Brazil<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"fp-quiz-question-result\">\n<div class=\"fp-quiz-question-description\">\n<p>Mexico comes in third, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<hr\/>\n<div id=\"attachment_1198665\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone none\">            <span style=\"padding-bottom:66.625%;&#10;        \" class=\"image-attachment -ratioscale\"><br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" alt=\"Nicaraguan President Violeta Chamorro arrives at the National Stadium in San Jos\u00e9, Costa Rica, on May 8, 1990. She was there to attend the inauguration ceremony of Costa Rican President-elect Rafael \u00c1ngel Calder\u00f3n Guardia.\" class=\"image wp-image-1198665 size-text_width -fit\" src=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Chamorro-Nicaragua-GettyImages-1233802941.jpg?w=800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Chamorro-Nicaragua-GettyImages-1233802941.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Chamorro-Nicaragua-GettyImages-1233802941.jpg?resize=150,100 150w, https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Chamorro-Nicaragua-GettyImages-1233802941.jpg?resize=550,367 550w, https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Chamorro-Nicaragua-GettyImages-1233802941.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Chamorro-Nicaragua-GettyImages-1233802941.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Chamorro-Nicaragua-GettyImages-1233802941.jpg?resize=401,267 401w, https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Chamorro-Nicaragua-GettyImages-1233802941.jpg?resize=800,533 800w, https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Chamorro-Nicaragua-GettyImages-1233802941.jpg?resize=1000,667 1000w, https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Chamorro-Nicaragua-GettyImages-1233802941.jpg?resize=275,183 275w, https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Chamorro-Nicaragua-GettyImages-1233802941.jpg?resize=325,217 325w, https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Chamorro-Nicaragua-GettyImages-1233802941.jpg?resize=600,400 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n        <\/span><figcaption style=\"height:0;opacity:0;\">Nicaraguan President Violeta Chamorro arrives at the National Stadium in San Jos\u00e9, Costa Rica, on May 8, 1990. She was there to attend the inauguration ceremony of Costa Rican President-elect Rafael \u00c1ngel Calder\u00f3n Guardia.<\/figcaption><p id=\"caption-attachment-1198665\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nicaraguan President Violeta Chamorro arrives at the National Stadium in San Jos\u00e9, Costa Rica, on May 8, 1990. She was there to attend the inauguration ceremony of Costa Rican President-elect Rafael \u00c1ngel Calder\u00f3n Guardia.<span class=\"attribution\">David Ake\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><!-- caption placeholder --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Last week, Nicaragua <a href=\"https:\/\/confidencial.digital\/nacion\/copresidentes-retiran-a-nicaragua-de-acnur\/\">said<\/a> it would sever ties with the United Nations refugee agency, months after doing the same with the International Organization for Migration. The moves added to the slow drip of international isolation and political repression that have defined Nicaragua under authoritarian President Daniel Ortega.<\/p>\n<p>But the death of former Nicaraguan President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/06\/14\/world\/americas\/violeta-barrios-de-chamorro-dead.html\">Violeta Chamorro<\/a> last Saturday recalled visions of a different time in the country\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p>Chamorro became politically active in the late 1970s, when she stepped in to run a newspaper that was opposed to Nicaragua\u2019s Somoza dictatorship following the assassination of her husband, who was its editor in chief. The dictatorship ruled from 1936 to 1979, when the leftist Sandinista rebels overthrew Somoza.<\/p>\n<p>Chamorro served for a few months as part of the Sandinista provisional government, but she soon departed amid opposition to the Sandinistas\u2019 Marxist direction and concentration of power. During the 1980s, the Sandinistas fought off armed resistance by U.S.-backed rebels in what is known as the Contra War.<\/p>\n<p>In 1990, Chamorro ran as a unity opposition candidate against Ortega, who represented the Sandinistas. She won a surprise victory and went on to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/obituaries\/2025\/06\/14\/violeta-chamorro-nicaragua-dead\/\">serve<\/a> a six-year term, helping move the country past civil war and opening the door to more pluralistic politics.<\/p>\n<p>As president, Chamorro oversaw the disarmament of former rebels and established more diverse international relationships, including with the United States. Her administration was followed by two different center-right presidents before Ortega was elected in 2007. He has remained president ever since.<\/p>\n<p>When Chamorro\u2019s daughter, Cristiana, tried to run against Ortega in 2021, she and several other opposition candidates were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/jun\/02\/nicaragua-police-detain-opposition-leader-cristiana-chamorro\">barred<\/a>; the Ortega administration later <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nicaragua-daniel-ortega-stateless-citizenship-nationalities-costa-rica-b391e05eacd7dc3cf3968f5fb23987f1\">stripped<\/a> Cristiana of her Nicaraguan citizenship.<\/p>\n<p>Chamorro and her four children lived outside of Nicaragua in the years before her death; her funeral was held in Costa Rica. Another one of her children, journalist Carlos Chamorro, <a href=\"https:\/\/confidencial.digital\/opinion\/mi-madre-volvera-a-su-patria-cuando-nicaragua-vuelva-a-ser-republica\/\">said<\/a> at the funeral service that his mother\u2019s life served as an example of \u201chope.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But in a grave sign for the political climate inside the country, he said, several Nicaraguan priests refrained from mentioning Chamorro\u2019s name during Sunday services because they had been warned by confidantes that they could face consequences for doing so.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/06\/19\/brazil-mexico-g7-summit-canada-lula-sheinbaum-carney\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back to Foreign Policy\u2019s Latin America Brief. The highlights this week: The leaders of Brazil and Mexico attend the G-7 summit, Bolivia celebrates a syncretic religious festival, and Nicaragua remembers its first female president. Sign up to receive Latin America Brief in your inbox every Friday. 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