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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 19 January 2018

From LatinNews Daily
Development: On 18 January, Brazil's President Michel Temer answered a police questionnaire about his alleged participation in a corruption and money laundering scheme, even though he was not legally obliged to do so.... Read More
*A report by Brazil’s national association of journalists (Fenaj) found that the incidence of violence against journalists was down 39% in 2017 compared with 2016.... Read More
Development: On 19 January leaders of Argentina’s largest trade union movement Confederación General del Trabajo (CGT) issued a firm statement challenging the government led by President Mauricio Macri over labour reform and wage increases.... Read More
Chile: Chile’s environmental agency, the Superintendencia del Medio Ambiente (SMA), announced it had ordered Canadian mining company Barrick Gold to close the Chilean side of the Pascua-Lama mining project, which straddles the border with Argentina.... Read More
From Latin American Weekly Report
“Don’t twist the lion’s tail.” This warning was issued by one of Argentina’s most powerful trade union leaders, Luis Barrionuevo, this week.... Read More
With nine months to go, a question mark hangs over who will represent the political centre in Brazil’s presidential elections.... Read More
The suspected death of one of the Mennonites who had been taken hostage by the insurgent Ejército del Pueblo Paraguayo (EPP) criminal organisation has led to the opening of a new chapter in the debate on national security in Paraguay.... Read More
ARGENTINA | Inflation defies official forecasts.... Read More

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