AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoBRICS Summit & Global Governance: China’s Xi Jinping pushed “Greater BRICS” as a practical Global South platform, proposing a BRICS AI open-source zone, a special economic zone partnership, and a 2027 service-trade forum—while leaders also backed UN Security Council reform and criticized unilateral sanctions. Colombia Security Tech Shift: Colombia’s far-right government is escalating its war on armed groups, with drones increasingly used along cocaine corridors—raising fear and trauma for civilians as fighting intensifies. Mexico Organized Crime Goes Digital: Mexican authorities found a suspected cartel-linked crypto mining farm in Puebla, with heavy electricity use and hundreds of GPUs—another sign criminal groups are moving into financial crime. Payments & Remittances Upgrade: Brazil’s Nubank launched in the U.S. and rolled out Nu Global, centered on stablecoins (USDC/EURC) to cut cross-border transfer friction, targeting remittances across Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and beyond. Environment & Public Health: After China’s plastic-waste import ban, Latin America is emerging as a hotspot, with researchers flagging multiple pollution “hotspots” and warning of waste “colonialism” where local capacity can’t cope. Philippines-India Cooperation: President Marcos Jr. met India’s RITES and ISRO to explore railway projects and space tech partnerships during BRICS-related talks.
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