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LatinNews Daily - 20 February 2018

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Development: Three presidential aspirants met the deadline of 19 February to register as independent candidates for Mexico’s elections on 1 July.... Read More
Andean
Development: On 19 February, Court B of the National Criminal Court in Peru said former president Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000) could be tried for his alleged involvement in the 1992 torture and assassination of six men in Pativilca, a town to the north of Lima.... Read More
Venezuela: Venezuela’s deposed attorney general Luisa Ortega has called upon the country’s supreme court of justice (TSJ) in exile to request that Interpol issue an international arrest warrant for President Nicolás Maduro for allegedly taking bribes from the Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht.... Read More
Brazil
Development: On 19 February, human rights minister Luislinda Valois was sacked by chief-of staff Eliseu Padilha.... Read More
* A representative for President Michel Temer admitted that the government’s landmark pensions reform will not go through in February.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
Development: On 19 February, a special committee began considering the applications submitted for the post of Guatemala’s attorney general (AG).... Read More
Caribbean... Read More
Mexico
* Ernesto Cordero, the president of Mexico’s federal senate, has warned Canada not to “fall into the trap” of signing a bilateral agreement with the US, to replace the current trilateral North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).... Read More
Uruguay: Uruguay’s President Tabaré Vázquez has announced a number of tax reductions for the agricultural sector, at a meeting between government authorities, rural associations, and agricultural producers at the headquarters of the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries.... Read More
Southern Cone
Development: On 19 February, Argentina’s state news agency Telam confirmed the resignation of Valentín Díaz Gilligan, the deputy secretary of Argentina’s presidency.... Read More

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