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Latinnews Daily - 16 February 2018
Main Briefing
Development: On 15 February, Juan Jiménez Mayor resigned as head of the Organization of American States (OAS)-sponsored Mission for Support against Corruption and Impunity in Honduras (Maccih).... Read More
Andean
Development: On 15 February, Venezuela’s former attorney general, Luisa Ortega, admitted that she was coerced into charging the political opposition figurehead Leopoldo López in relation to fatal anti-government protests in 2014.... Read More
Colombia: Colombia’s national statistics agency (Dane) has released new figures which show the Colombia's domestic economy grew by 1.8% in 2017, above the 1.6% forecast by local analysts but down from 2% in 2016.... Read More
Brazil
Development: On 16 February, the Brazilian government will publish an emergency decree putting the army in control of civil and military police operations in Rio de Janeiro.... Read More
* The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) released its 2017 statistics for wind power, indicating that the 2017 global market remained above 50GW, of which Brazil accounts for 2GW. Brazil rose one place in the rankings and pipped Canada to reach eighth position overall.... Read More
Mexico
Development: On 15 February, the authorities in Mexico’s western Nayarit state reported that they had found what they believe to be the remains of two agents from the federal attorney general’s office (PGR) thought to have been abducted recently by the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) drug trafficking organisation (DTO).... Read More
* Mexico’s state-owned oil firm, Pemex, has produced a new report forecasting that it will significantly reduce its exports of Olmeca and Istmo light crude blends this year.... Read More
Southern Cone
Development: On 15 February, thousands of people took part in protest marches across Argentina organised by the Asociación de Trabajadores del Estado (ATE), the umbrella public sector workers’ union, in support of the 24-hour national strike it staged on the day.... Read More
Argentina: The national statistics institute (Indec) has reported that the national inflation rate was 1.8% in January, slightly higher than market expectations of 1.7%.... Read More
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- Venezuela’s former AG says López conviction unsound
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- Suspected murder of PGR agents raises alarm in Mexico
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- Protests in Argentina against public-sector lay-offs
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