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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Caribbean & Central America - 29 March 2018
From LatinNews Daily
Development: On 28 March the presidential run-off candidate of Costa Rica's small, conservative Partido Restauración Nacional (PRN), Fabricio Alvarado Muñoz, presented the latest version of his manifesto.... Read More
Panama: Panama’s economy & finance ministry (MEF) has released new figures which show that Panama’s public debt reached US$23bn in 2017, up 9.2% on the previous year.... Read More
From Latin American Weekly Report
President Salvador Sánchez Cerén has appointed his deputy, Óscar Ortiz, to assume command over the cabinet and the government’s economic and security policies in a bid to revive his fortunes in the remaining 18 months of his term in office after the ruling left-wing Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN) suffered a major setback in congressional elections on 4 March.... Read More
President Jimmy Morales has announced that, as of 31 March, the military will no longer assist the national police (PNC) in citizen security efforts.... Read More
The latest opinion surveys ahead of the 1 April presidential second round run-off show the two contenders – Fabricio Alvarado Muñoz of the small conservative Partido Restauración Nacional (RN) and Carlos Alvarado Quesada of the ruling centre-left Partido Acción Ciudadana (PAC) – in a technical tie.... Read More
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