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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 5 February 2018
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Development: On 4 January, a federal court in Brazil's São Paulo state (TRF-3) ruled that a ship containing 25,000 cattle could set sail after it was detained at Brazil’s biggest port, Santos, over concerns that the animals were being mistreated.... Read More
* A judge at a federal court in Brasília (TRF-1) has given former president Lula da Silva (2003-2011) his passport back after it was seized by a lower court on 26 January.... Read More
Development: On 4 February, a group of legislators from Chile's ultra-conservative Unión Democrática Independiente (UDI) party called on president-elect Sebastián Piñera from the right-wing Chile Vamos (CV) coalition to bring back capital punishment.... Read More
Uruguay: A Uruguayan judge has admitted a formal request calling for the government led by President Tabaré Vázquez to be investigated for alleged irregularities in the investment agreement signed with Finnish firm, UPM, for the building of a new pulp mill in the South American country.... Read More
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