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LatinNews Daily - 20 March 2018

Main Briefing
Development: On 19 March, El Salvador’s President Salvador Sánchez Cerén made some changes to his cabinet.... Read More
Andean
Development: On 19 March, Venezuela’s defence minister, General-in-chief Vladimir Padrino López, called on dissident figures within the Bolivarian armed forces (FANB) to stop agitating for a military coup.... Read More
Ecuador: President Lenín Moreno has announced his plans for immediate cuts to the government’s budget on his weekly video appearance #ElPresidenteInforma.... Read More
Brazil
Development: On 19 March, Brazil’s supreme court (STF) announced that it is due to discuss today (20 March) whether to re-examine a previous ruling that determined that convicts who have lost their appeals can be jailed.... Read More
* Brazil’s office of the presidency has issued a statement announcing that the government led by President Michel Temer will auction off 31 new concessions for infrastructure development projects in the second half of the year.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
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Mexico
Development: On 19 March, the presidents of the three opposition parties supporting the presidential candidacy of Ricardo Anaya denounced before the Organization of American States (OAS) the alleged misuse of Mexican state institutions by the federally ruling Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) to blacken Anaya’s name ahead of July’s general election.... Read More
* The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has released its ‘Going for Growth 2018’ report, in which it recommends Mexico reduce its barriers to foreign direct investment (FDI) in order to increase productivity and its domestic economic growth rate.... Read More
Southern Cone
Development: On 19 March, Uruguay’s specialised organised crime prosecutor, Luis Pacheco, filed formal charges for embezzlement of public funds and abuse of authority against former vice president Raúl Sendic (2015-2017) and eight other former officials in the state-owned oil firm, Ancap.... Read More
Argentina: The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has recommended Argentina to promote equality in business and education in its new ‘Going for Growth 2018’ report released on 19 March.... Read More

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