Latam Politics Today: U.S. judge dismisses Mexico's $10 bln lawsuit against gun makers

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      Peru proposes 'new approach' to mining
    

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      Chile's Boric receives Israeli ambassador credentials 
    

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      Mexico president confirms leak of government data
    

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      Cubans in Havana protest days-long blackout after Ian
    

  
       Sept 30 (Reuters) - The latest in Latin American
politics today: 
        U.S. judge dismisses Mexico's $10 bln lawsuit against
gun makers
  
        A U.S. judge dismissed Mexico's $10 billion lawsuit
seeking to hold U.S. gun manufacturers responsible for
facilitating the trafficking of a deadly flood of weapons across
the U.S.-Mexico border to drug cartels.
  
        The decision by Chief Judge F. Dennis Saylor in federal
court in Boston is a victory for Smith & Wesson Brands Inc
 SWBI.O , Sturm, Ruger & Co  RGR.N  and others accused of
undermining Mexico's strict gun laws by designing, marketing and
selling military-style assault weapons that cartels could use.
  
        Saylor said federal law "unequivocally" bars lawsuits
seeking to hold gun manufacturers responsible when people use
guns for their intended purpose.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N31139J
  
        Peru proposes 'new approach' to mining to combat
economic disparities, conflicts
  
        LIMA - Peru's government proposed "a new approach" for
mining companies to end social gaps and avoid conflicts in the
sector, a measure taken after several conflicts in recent
months.
  
        Prime Minister Anibal Torres said during a conference
with executives of large mining firms that the new "attitude"
aimed to promote local and foreign investment. He added that the
government of leftist President Pedro Castillo respects private
initiative and wants to promote mining activity.
  
        Among Torres' proposals is a "social fund" from mining
companies for the development of their areas of influence, along
with a federal multisectoral commission to improve the use of
resources managed by the mining regions.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL6N3110EG
  
        Chile's Boric receives Israeli ambassador credentials
after diplomatic tussle
  
        SANTIAGO - Chilean President Gabriel Boric received the
credentials of Israel's new ambassador on Friday afternoon, two
weeks after a diplomatic dispute after the ceremony was
postponed due to the death of a young Palestinian.
  
        Israeli Ambassador Gil Artzyeli had initially been
scheduled to attend the ceremony on Sept. 15, but that same day
it was postponed in a move Israel's foreign ministry
characterized as "unprecedented."  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N3112D7
  
        Mexico president confirms leak of government data,
admits health issues
  
    MEXICO CITY - The Mexican government said on Friday it had
suffered a major cyber hack of data held by the armed forces,
including details about President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's
heart condition that led to his hospitalization in January.
    The president, speaking at a news conference, said
information published in local media overnight from the hack was
genuine, and he confirmed revelations about his health.
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    Cubans in Havana bang pots and protest days-long blackout
after Ian
    HAVANA - Cubans took to the streets to bang pots and protest
across several neighborhoods in the capital Havana as the
country entered its third day of blackouts following Hurricane
Ian.
    The massive storm, now plowing north along the southeast
coast of the United States, caused Cuba's grid to collapse
earlier this week. It knocked out power to the entire island of
11 million people, flattened homes and obliterated agricultural
fields.
    Protests on the streets in communist-run Cuba are very rare.
Last July 11, anti-government rallies, the largest since former
Cuban leader Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution, rocked the island.
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 (Compiled by Steven Grattan; editing by Jonathan Oatis)
 ((Steven.Grattan@thomsonreuters.com;))