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Latinnews Daily - 23 January 2018

Main Briefing
Development: On 22 January, Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro said that his government will not “kneel before the immoral sanctions” imposed on its officials by the European Union (EU).... Read More
Andean
Colombia: Colombia’s finance minister, Mauricio Cárdenas, has been in Paris, France, to promote his country’s bid to join the 35-member Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).... Read More
Brazil
Development: On 22 January, protestors turned out across Brazil demonstrating for and against former president Lula da Silva (2003-2011), of the lefist Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), ahead of the beginning of his trial tomorrow (24 January).... Read More
* In December 2017, Brazil lost over 328,000 jobs according to data from the national employment register Cadastro Geral de Empregados e Desempregados (Caged) seen by local daily Folha de São Paulo.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
Development: On 22 January Luis Almagro, the secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), issued a statement expressing his “firm intention to work in the future with the elected authorities of Honduras”.... Read More
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Mexico
Development: On 23 January, the government of Mexico's violence-riven southern state of Guerrero revealed the discovery of the remains of at least eight people in a clandestine grave.... Read More
* Mexico’s economy ministry (SE) has lamented the US government’s decision not to exclude Mexico from the new import tariffs it has announced on imported washing machines (20%) and solar panels (25%).... Read More
Southern Cone
Development: On 22 January, scores of protesters demanded the resignation of Argentina's labour minister, Jorge Triaca, during a demonstration outside his cabinet office in Buenos Aires.... Read More
Uruguay: Uruguay’s official exports and investment promotion agency, Uruguay XXI, has released a new report noting that it expects that the country’s soya exports will fall by 16% this year.... Read More

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