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Latinnews Daily - 13 February 2018
Main Briefing
Development: On 12 February, El Salvador’s Justice & Public Security Minister Mauricio Ramírez Landaverde said that, so far, no particular criminal group had been identified as being responsible for a car bomb that went off the previous day in Santa Tecla municipality, La Libertad department.... Read More
Andean
Development: On 12 February, Colombia's judiciary issued 21 arrest warrants for guerrillas in the Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN), including five members of its central command (Coce).... Read More
Colombia: Figures from the Colombian association of flower exporters (Asocolflores) show that Colombia’s floriculture sector exported a total of 246,000 tonnes of flowers in 2017, up 5% on 2016.... Read More
Brazil
Development: On 12 February, Brazil’s President Michel Temer travelled to Roraima with a team of ministers and agreed to send federal resources and a task force to the northern state which is grappling with an influx of immigrants from Venezuela.... Read More
* Roraima state governor Suely Campos called on President Michel Temer to improve local electricity provisions during his recent visit to the state capital, Boa Vista.... Read More
Mexico
Development: On 12 February, the Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación (SNTE), Mexico’s main teachers’ union, approved changes to its internal structure and re-elected Juan Díaz de la Torre as its main leader.... Read More
* Mexico’s finance minister, José Antonio González Anaya, has said that based on preliminary figures Mexico’s GDP increased by 1.8% in the fourth quarter of 2017, the 32nd consecutive quarter of positive economic growth.... Read More
Southern Cone
Development: On 12 February, Luis Barrionuevo became the latest of Argentina’s most powerful trade union leaders to distance himself from the general strike being organised by Hugo and Pablo Moyano for 21 February.... Read More
Paraguay: Paraguay’s total exports in January were worth US$860.7m, up 1.5% on January 2017’s US$848.3m, according to figures released by the central bank (BCP).... Read More
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- Car bomb triggers fears of electoral violence in El Salvador
- Colombia's judiciary moves against ELN top brass
- In brief: Colombia
- Temer visits Brazil’s Roraima to tackle immigration
- In brief: Brazil
- In brief: El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras
- Mexico’s SNTE gives boost to education reform
- In brief: Mexico
- Argentina’s Macri winning trade union tussle with Moyanos
- In brief: Paraguay