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LatinNews Daily - 19 April 2018

Main Briefing
Development: On 18 April Cuba’s national assembly (ANPP) approved the candidacy of Vice President Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel as the new president of Cuba to replace Raúl Castro.... Read More
Andean
Development: On 18 April Ecuador’s President Lenín Moreno announced that his government will not continue hosting the peace dialogue table between the Colombian government and the Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) guerrillas until the latter commits to ceasing all terrorist activities.... Read More
Colombia: Colombia’s civil aviation authority (Aerocivil) has announced that the ‘Los Garzones’ airport that services the city of Montería, the capital of the northern Córdoba department, has been approved as an international airport.... Read More
Brazil
Development: On 18 April, the Brazilian government gave US social media firm, Facebook, 10 days to respond to questions about data security of its users.... Read More
*Brazil’s public prosecutor’s office (MPF) in the northern state of Amapá has asked Brazil’s federal environmental regulator (Ibama) to turn down a licence for French oil company Total to operate  in the Foz do Amazonas basin off the coast of north-eastern Brazil.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
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Mexico
Development: On 18 April, Mexican daily Reforma published a new voting intention poll which shows that Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the presidential candidate of the left-wing opposition Movimiento Regeneración Nacional (Morena) party, is continuing to increase his lead over his rivals ahead of the 1 July general election.... Read More
*In a press conference announcing the release its new Fiscal Monitor Report 2018, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) advised Mexico to reduce its public debt.... Read More
Southern Cone
Development: On 18 April, two sheds, one tractor, a van, and 3,000 hay bales were torched in Chile’s southern La Araucanía Region.... Read More
Argentina: Argentina has exported its first shipment of fresh lemons to the US in 17 years, with the country now set to export between 15,000-20,000 tonnes (t) of lemons annually to the US.... Read More

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