LatinNews Daily - 20 April 2018

Development: On 19 April the official campaigning period ahead of Paraguay’s 22 April general election closed with the two main presidential candidates holding large campaign closing rallies.... Read More

Development: On 19 April Colombia’s six presidential candidates participated in the first national debate ahead of the first-round presidential election on 27 May.... Read More

Bolivia: Bolivia’s state-owned oil company Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) has announced the discovery of a new gas reserve in the Los Monos-X12 field in the municipality of Villa Montes, Tarija department.... Read More

Development: On 19 April, the head of Brazil’s indigenous rights agency (Funai), Franklimberg Ribeiro de Freitas, tendered his resignation.... Read More

*The European Union (EU) has announced it will ban meat imports from 20 different production units in Brazil.... Read More

Development: On 19 April Nicaragua’s presidential spokesperson and First Lady Rosario Murillo confirmed that three people had been killed in Managua department in protests over controversial changes to the social security system (INSS) introduced by the Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) government.... Read More

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Development: On 19 April, over 500 people came out to call for justice for three missing university students in Guadalajara, capital of Mexico's western state of Jalisco.... Read More

*Canadian automobile parts manufacturer Magna has inaugurated a new 233,256 square-metre car body and chassis production plant in Mexico’s central San Luis Potosí state.... Read More

Chile: Chile’s university student organisation Confederación de Estudiantes de Chile (Confech) has held its first national demonstration under the new right-of-centre Chile Vamos coalition government led by President Sebastián Piñera, which took office last month.... Read More