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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 05 March 2018
From LatinNews Daily
Development: On 3 March, Brazil’s government secretary, Carlos Marun, criticised a decision by a supreme court (STF) judge to open an investigation on President Michel Temer over illicit funds given by local engineering firm Odebrecht to his centre-right Movimento Democrático Brasil (MDB) party between 2013 and 2015.... Read More
*Aluminium refinery Alunorte, located in Brazil’s northern state of Pará, has issued a force majeure notice after Brazilian federal and state authorities ordered it to cut production by 50%.... Read More
Development: On 2 March the Confederación de Trabajadores de la Educación de la República Argentina (Ctera) national federation of teachers’ unions called for a 48-hour national strike in Argentina starting today (5 March).... Read More
Paraguay: Local NGO Fundación Paraguaya has warned that following the recent budget cuts announced by the Paraguayan government led by President Horacio Cartes, there is now a risk that the government will not have sufficient resources to fund the Tekoporã social development programme.... Read More
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