LATAM POLITICS TODAY-Chile's president cuts vacation short as deadly wildfires spread

It comes as Reuters reported that Iran was also set to start a revamp of Venezuela's largest refinery within weeks. Argentina boosts nuclear, space research with South Korea The Argentine government said it had agreed with Korea to deepen research cooperation in space, nuclear and energy matters, following talks which began earlier this week. Brazil riots must be addressed, says Supreme Court judge LISBON - Brazil must make sure it addresses the problems that led to the riots in Brasilia last month, including the "politicization" of the police and the role of social media.

The latest in Latin American politics today: Chile's Boric cuts short holiday amid deadly wildfires

SANTIAGO - Chilean President Gabriel Boric cut short his summer vacation and traveled to his country's Nuble and Biobio regions, where at least 13 people have died in wildfires sweeping across the area's farms and forests. The government has widened areas under a state of emergency, with wildfires having consumed some 14,000 hectares (35,000 acres) so far.

Honduras refuses to pay $105 mln in damages to U.S. firm TEGUCIGALPA - Honduras' government said it will not comply with an order from the country's Supreme Court requiring it to pay around $105 million in damages to a U.S. company after losing a lawsuit, saying the payment would put public finances at risk.

The Honduran attorney general said at a press conference that the order would leave the government "insolvent," and as a result "we take the decision not to deliver a single lempira," referring to the local currency. Trinidad, Venezuela to talk about key natural gas project

PORT OF SPAIN - Trinidad and Tobago's prime minister, Keith Rowley, said his government is in touch with Venezuela following a U.S. license to jointly develop a key gas field, and the first meetings to begin negotiations are set. It comes as Reuters reported that Iran was also set to start a revamp of Venezuela's largest refinery within weeks.

Argentina boosts nuclear, space research with South Korea The Argentine government said it had agreed with Korea to deepen research cooperation in space, nuclear and energy matters, following talks which began earlier this week.

Brazil riots must be addressed, says Supreme Court judge LISBON - Brazil must make sure it addresses the problems that led to the riots in Brasilia last month, including the "politicization" of the police and the role of social media. But for now, life goes on as usual, said Supreme Court Judge Gilmar Mendes.

Speaking to reporters at a business conference in Portugal's capital, Lisbon, Mendes said problems "accumulated" during the four years that far-right President Jair Bolsonaro was in power. Bolsonaro supporters stormed government buildings on Jan. 8, calling for a military coup after he left the country without conceding defeat to leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Vote conspiracy meeting with Brazil's Bolsonaro confirmed LISBON/SAO PAULO - Brazil's Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has confirmed that Senator Marcos do Val told him about an election conspiracy meeting he allegedly attended with former President Jair Bolsonaro and former lawmaker Daniel Silveira last year.

Do Val revealed earlier this week that Silveira, a close ally of Bolsonaro, tried to persuade him to join a conspiracy to overturn the former president's electoral loss, asking him to try to get Moraes to make compromising comments in a taped conversation that could lead to the judge's arrest. (Compiled by Steven Grattan and Isabel Woodford; Editing by Alistair Bell and Leslie Adler)

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