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Latinnews Daily - 16 January 2018

Main Briefing
Development: On 15 January, Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro said that he wants to compete with the political opposition in the presidential election due this year, and he predicted that the ruling Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela (PSUV) party will once again “be victorious in 2018”.... Read More
Andean
Colombia: President Juan Manuel Santos has now sworn in 31 of the 38 magistrates for the transitional justice system (JEP) which will be used to try former members of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Farc) guerrillas under the peace agreement signed by the Santos government and the Farc in 2016.... Read More
Brazil
Development: On 15 January, the president of a regional appeals court TRF-4, Carlos Eduardo Thompson Flores, met the head of Brazil’s supreme court (STF), Cármen Lúcia Antunes, to discuss security precautions ahead of the hearing for former president Lula da Silva (2003-2011).... Read More
* There are concerns that Brazil could suffer further credit downgrades if it does not respect the so-called 'fiscal golden rule'.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
Development: On 15 January, Canada’s Tahoe Resources, which owns the Escobal silver mine in Guatemala through its subsidiary Minera San Rafael (MSR), announced it was laying off 250 employees.... Read More
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Mexico
Development: On 15 January, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Mexico condemned the murder of a local journalist Carlos Domínguez Rodríguez, killed on 13 January in the city of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas state.... Read More
* The supreme court (SCJN) has reported that it has agreed to review a constitutional complaint against the recently approved federal internal security law presented by the municipality of San Pedro Cholula in Puebla state.... Read More
Southern Cone
Development: On 15 January, Uruguay's President Tabaré Vázquez appointed Enzo Benech to head the important agriculture, livestock & fishing ministry (MGAP) after the resignation of the long-serving Tabaré Aguerre.... Read More
Chile: Representatives from the Chilean government and the European Union (EU) have kicked off the first round of a four-day conference to update the existing bilateral trade agreement.... Read More

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