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Latinnews Daily - 05 February 2018

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Development: On 4 February Costa Rica’s electoral court (TSE) released the preliminary results from the general election held that same day, which point to a presidential run-off between evangelical pastor Fabricio Alvarado Muñoz, of the small conservative opposition Restauración Nacional (RN), and Carlos Alvarado Quesada of the leftist ruling Partido Acción Ciudadana (PAC).... Read More
Andean
Development: On 4 February, Ecuador’s national electoral council (CNE) released the preliminary results of the national plebiscite held that same day which show that the ‘yes’ vote was well ahead in all seven of the questions included in the plebiscite.... Read More
Colombia: The Colombian authorities have announced the capture in Arauca department of a leader of the Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) guerrilas who goes by the alias ‘Mico’.... Read More
Brazil
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
Central America & Caribbean
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Mexico
Development: On 4 February Ricardo Anaya, the presidential candidate of the Por México al Frente opposition coalition in Mexico’s 1 July general election, publicly denied the allegations that he has used one of his foundations to launder money and conduct dubious business.... Read More
* The Chihuahua state government has reached an agreement to end the conflict with the federal government led by President Enrique Peña Nieto over the withholding of federal funds owed to Chihuahua.... Read More
Southern Cone
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
Washington Watch
Chile: On 28 January, the US Embassy in Chile released a statement noting that the US Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) is offering a US$10,000 reward for information on the whereabouts of Mauro Ociel Valenzuela-Reyes, a Chilean national.... Read More

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