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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 26 January 2018
From LatinNews Daily
Development: On 26 January, Brazil's former president Lula da Silva (2003-2011) from the leftist opposition Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) said he would still run in this year’s general election after being convicted of corruption and money laundering.... Read More
* A former leader for Brazil’s Movimento dos Trabalhadores sem Terra (MST) landless workers' movement has been shot dead at the rural property where he was living in Iramaia municipality, in the north-eastern state of Bahia.... Read More
Development: On 25 January, the leaders of Argentina’s powerful Sindicato de Camioneros truckers’ union, Hugo and Pablo Moyano, called for the staging of an anti-government protest march on 22 February.... Read More
Paraguay: The European Commission, the executive body of the European Union (EU), has published a new report on the impact of its Special Incentive Arrangement for Sustainable Development and Good Governance (GSP+) promotion scheme, in which it advises that Paraguay will stop receiving GSP+ benefits.... Read More
From Latin American Weekly Report
Judges at a Brazilian appeals court (TRF-4) voted unanimously on 24 January to uphold the conviction against former president Lula da Silva (2003-2011) from the leftist Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) for corruption and money laundering.... Read More
His “worst overseas visit since his election” in 2013.... Read More
Independent agricultural producers, describing themselves as ‘autoconvocados’, have staged a mass demonstration calling for the government led by President Tabaré Vázquez to provide economic assistance for the agricultural sector.... Read More
BRAZIL | Record homicides.... Read More
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