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Latinnews Daily - 09 February 2018
Main Briefing
Development: On 8 February, Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos announced that his government will implement new tougher immigration controls to try to stem the flow of migrants from Venezuela seeking humanitarian relief in Colombia.... Read More
Andean
Ecuador: The Costa Rica-based Inter-American Court of Human Rights (Corte-IDH) has rejected a request for precautionary measures against Ecuador, made by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).... Read More
Brazil
Development: On 8 January, Brazil’s secretary general of the presidency, Wellington Moreira Franco, met the head of the federal anti-trust regulator (Cade), Alexandre Barreto, to discuss ways to stop oil and gas companies from forming cartels.... Read More
* Defence Minister Raul Jungmann has stressed the importance of the strategic partnership between aeroplane manufacturer Embraer and Brazil's armed forces.The minister's comments come as Embraer discusses a joint venture with US rival Boeing.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
Development: On 8 February, the European Union (EU) issued a statement calling on the Honduran authorities to “investigate all acts of violence and deaths” which have taken place during the post-election protests.... Read More
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Mexico
Development: On 8 February, Miguel Angel Yunes, the governor of Mexico's south-eastern state of Veracruz, announced charges of "enforced disappearance" against 19 current or former state police officials and officers.... Read More
* Mexico’s central bank (Banxico) has increased its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 7.5%, after inflation rose towards the end of 2017 due to higher food and gasoline prices and a weaker peso.... Read More
Southern Cone
Development: On 8 February, the Argentine government led by President Mauricio Macri struck a deal with agricultural producers and local truck drivers to increase haulage rates in the hope of ending protest action which has disrupted exports for 10 days now.... Read More
Uruguay: Consultancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has released a new report based on data from Uruguay’s national customs directorate (Aduanas), which found that the country raised US$19.4m in import tariffs (tasa consular) in January, a 136% increase compared to January 2017.... Read More
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- Region reacts to Venezuela’s deepening humanitarian crisis
- In brief: Ecuador
- Brazil’s Cade to investigate fuels cartel
- In brief: Brazil
- EU urges Honduran authorities to investigate post-electoral violence
- In brief: Panama
- Security officials accused of enforced disappearances in Mexico’s Veracruz
- In brief: Mexico
- Argentine government hopes deal will end transport strike
- In brief: Uruguay