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Latinnews Daily - 12 February 2018
Main Briefing
Development: On 10 February, Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos said that it would be “very difficult” for his government to resume the formal peace dialogue with the Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) guerrillas.... Read More
Andean
Peru: After launching negotiations in May 2017, Australia’s Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Steven Ciobo, and his Peruvian counterpart, Eduardo Ferreyros, have signed the Peru-Australia Free Trade Agreement (Pafta).... Read More
Brazil
Development: On 10 February, a supreme court (STF) judge asked Brazil's federal police chief, Fernando Segóvia, to clarify his comments after he told newswire Reuters there was no evidence in the port bribery case against President Michel Temer.... Read More
* Delegates from Brazil and Guyana have signed bilateral agreements to reinforce security to combat narco-trafficking and other transnational crimes at the shared border, and to pool their defence resources.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
Development: On 10 February, a Guatemalan appeals court admitted an appeal by the attorney general’s office (AG) and the United Nations (UN)-backed International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (Cicig) against President Jimmy Morales’s brother, Samuel Everardo Morales, prohibiting him from travelling outside Guatemala department.... Read More
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Mexico
Development: On 11 February, Mexico’s presidential pre-campaign period came to an end.... Read More
* Mexico’s social security institute (IMSS) has reported that 113,722 new formal jobs were created in January, a 36.5% year-on-year increase and the highest monthly job creation figure since 2007.... Read More
Southern Cone
Development: On 11 February, Chile’s president-elect Sebastián Piñera, of the opposition right-of-centre Chile Vamos coalition, pledged to modernise the militarised police (Carabineros) and the investigative police (PDI).... Read More
Paraguay: During a recent trip to Doha, Paraguay's industry & trade minister Gustavo Leite met Qatari minister for economy & commerce Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim bin Mohamed al-Thani.... Read More
Washington Watch
Guatemala: On 8 February, US President Donald Trump met Guatemala’s President Jimmy Morales at the White House.... Read More
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