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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 21 February 2018
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Development: On 21 February, congress approved a decree putting the military in charge of state security operations to combat crime in Rio de Janeiro.... Read More
* Brazilian business mogul Wesley Batista from meatpacking company JBS has been released from jail following a decision by the supreme court of justice (STJ).... Read More
Development: On 20 February, Paraguay’s left-wing opposition Frente Guasú (FG) coalition appealed a ruling by the supreme electoral tribunal (TSJE) which allows President Horacio Cartes, Vice President Juan Afara, and former president Nicanor Duarte (2003-2008) (all members of the ruling Asociación Nacional Republicana-Partido Colorado, ANR-PC) to run as senators in the April 2018 general election.... Read More
Paraguay: Yesterday, Paraguay’s president Horacio Cartes opened the so-called “grain corridor” running from a port in the northern city of Concepción to Brazil’s state of Mato Grosso do Sul.... Read More
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