LatinNews Daily - 3 June 2015

Development: On 2 June the Dominican Republic (DR)’s national chamber of deputies gave final approval to a constitutional reform bill that reintroduces consecutive presidential re-election, which had been banned in the 2010 constitution.... Read More

Development: Ahead of President Nicolás Maduro’s trip to Rome later this week, where he is due to meet Pope Francis and be feted at the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), opposition leader Henrique Capriles Radonski scoffed that “Rome capable of eating his story, but not Venezuelans”.... Read More

Development: On 2 June President Dilma Rousseff said that nominations to Brazil’s state-run companies were the “prerogative of the executive”.... Read More

Development: On 2 June Gustavo Martínez, Guatemala’s secretary general of the presidency, stepped down amid corruption allegations.... Read More

POLITICS | Judge recognises gay common-law marriage.... Read More

Development: On 2 June Miguel Ángel Luna, a candidate for federal deputy for the left-wing opposition Partido de la Revolución Democrática (PRD) was shot dead in the Estado de México (Edomex).... Read More

Development: On 2 June a new poll by Chilean pollster, Adimark, showed that President Michelle Bachelet’s approval rating fell to 29% in May.... Read More

The US embassy in Tegucigalpa announced on 9 May that Honduras and the US would be conducting within a few days a joint civic-military exercise to improve rapid-response procedures, which will enable both countries to be "better prepared for the challenges they face".... Read More