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LatinNews Daily - 01 March 2018
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Development: On 28 February Peruvian political leaders including President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski and Prime Minister Mercedes Aráoz were compelled to publicly deny allegations that they received illegal electoral campaign financing from Brazilian engineering firm Odebrecht.... Read More
Andean
Colombia: The national statistics department (Dane) has reported that the national unemployment rate stood at 11.8% in January.... Read More
Brazil
Development: On 28 February, Brazil's federal chamber of deputies approved a bill to regulate app-based transport services such as Cabify and Uber.... Read More
*Brazil’s national statistics agency (Ibge) has reported the national unemployment rates was 12.2% in the period from November 2017 to January 2018.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
Development: On 28 February Rosa Elena Bonilla de Lobo, the former First Lady of Honduras and wife of former president Porfirio Lobo (2010-2014), was arrested, accused of illicit association, embezzlement and money laundering to the tune of over HL16m (US$680,000).... Read More
Haiti: Haiti’s government led by President Jovenel Moïse has recalled its ambassador to the United Nations (UN), Denis Regis, in protest at comments made by the head of the UN Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJUSTH), Susan Page, regarding anti-corruption efforts.... Read More
Mexico
Development: On 28 February Mexico’s Por México al Frente opposition coalition, which is fielding Ricardo Anaya as its presidential candidate, accused the federal attorney general’s office (PGR) of acting politically ahead of the 1 July general election.... Read More
*Mexico’s central bank (Banxico) has ratified its 2%-3% GDP growth forecast for this year.... Read More
Southern Cone
Development: On 1 March, local daily La Nación reported that federal judge Marcelo Martínez de Giorgi had ordered Argentina’s energy & mines ministry to investigate irregularities in the sale of six wind farms linked to companies in the Macri group, the family business of President Mauricio Macri.... Read More
Argentina: Argentina’s national statistics institute (Indec) has released new economic figures, which show that the country’s GDP increased by at least 2.8% December 2017.... Read More
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- Spectre of Odebrecht corruption once again threatens Peru’s political leaders
- In brief: Colombia
- Brazil's congress approves law to regulate Uber
- In brief: Brazil
- Maccih claims victory in Honduras as former first lady arrested
- In brief: Haiti
- Opposition coalition accuses Mexico’s PGR of acting politically ahead of election
- In brief: Mexico
- Argentina's Macri group grilled over wind farm sales
- In brief: Argentina