LatinNews Daily - 25 April 2018

Development: On 24 April, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) announced that it will formally request the consent of the Nicaraguan government to carry out a working visit to the country.... Read More

Development: On 24 April, the four opposition candidates competing against Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro in the 20 May presidential election criticised the Maduro administration’s economic record and mooted the possibility of joining forces to try to defeat him in the polls.... Read More

Bolivia: Bolivia’s President Evo Morales has authorised the construction of three new wind energy farms in San Julián, El Dorado, and Warnes, all municipalities located in the department of Santa Cruz, with the help of the Danish International Development Agency (Danida).... Read More

Development: On 24 April, supreme court judge and head of Brazil’s electoral court (TSE) Luiz Fux said the results of Brazil’s October general election could be challenged if a candidate used fake news to beat their rivals.... Read More

* Brazil’s securities regulator (CVM) is due to auction off São Paulo-based electricity provider Eletropaulo on 18 May.... Read More

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Development: On 24 April, hundreds of people marched through the central Reforma avenue in the capital of Mexico's Jalisco capital, Guadalajara, to call for justice after three cinematography students disappeared last month.... Read More

* Mexico’s federal senate has ratified the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement of Trans-Pacific Partnership (CTPP) Asia-Pacific regional free trade agreement (FTA).... Read More

Development: On 24 April Efraín Alegre, the presidential candidate of the Alianza Ganar opposition coalition, who on preliminary results came second in the 22 April general election, said that Alianza Ganar had discovered indications of fraud in the ongoing vote counting process. ... Read More

Argentina: The national statistics institute (Indec) has reported that its monthly economic activity estimator (Emae), a GDP proxy measure, grew by 5.1% in February compared to February 2017 but was down by 0.2% compared to the previous month.... Read More