LATAM POLITICS TODAY-Peru's chief prosecutor launches probes into protest deaths

Canada sanctions two Haitians over alleged support for armed gangs Canada sanctioned a former Haitian lawmaker and an associate of a Haitian ex-president for allegedly protecting armed gangs and enabling illegal activities, including drug trafficking, Ottawa's foreign minister said.

The latest in Latin American politics today: Peru's chief prosecutor launches probes into protest deaths

LIMA - Peru's Attorney General Patricia Benavides launched 11 inquiries to identify those responsible for more than three dozen mostly civilian deaths during some of the country's most violent social protests in years, her office said on Friday. The controversial ouster of leftist former President Pedro Castillo last month triggered the unrest, which has claimed the lives of at least 41 civilians and one police officer.

Earlier this week, Benavides opened a preliminary "genocide" investigation against President Dina Boluarte and several ministers. Brazil prosecutors ask Supreme Court to investigate Bolsonaro's role in Brasilia riots

BRASILIA - Brazilian federal prosecutors asked the Supreme Court to investigate former President Jair Bolsonaro for allegedly encouraging demonstrations that ended in the storming of government buildings by his supporters in Brasilia. Bolsonaro will be investigated for possible "instigation and intellectual authorship of the anti-democratic acts that resulted in vandalism and violence in Brasilia last Sunday," a statement posted on the top public prosecutor's website said.

Cuba says vulture fund never a creditor as court proceedings begin HAVANA - Cuba's Central Bank lashed out against a "vulture fund" seeking to cash in on unpaid government debt lingering from the era of former leader Fidel Castro, calling illegitimate its claims against the island in a London court.

CRF I Ltd, an investor in defaulted Cuban sovereign debt since 2009, filed the case in Britain's High Court after Havana refused a debt relief offer made by CRF and some other bond holders back in 2018. Such firms, described as "vulture funds" by the Cuban Central Bank, typically purchase distressed or defaulted debt then sue in international courts to get paid in full.

Cuba's Central Bank (BNC) said it does not recognize CRF as a creditor. CRF could not immediately be reached for comment. Canada sanctions two Haitians over alleged support for armed gangs

Canada sanctioned a former Haitian lawmaker and an associate of a Haitian ex-president for allegedly protecting armed gangs and enabling illegal activities, including drug trafficking, Ottawa's foreign minister said. Canada said Arnel Belizaire, a former legislator, and Charles Saint-Remy, adviser and brother-in-law of former President Michel Martelly, were using their status as members of the Haitian elite to support gangs. (Compiled by Natalia Siniawski and Sarah Morland; Editing by Alison Williams and Aurora Ellis)

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