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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 04 May 2018
From LatinNews Daily
Development: On 3 May, the 11 justices in Brazil's supreme court (STF) voted unanimously to remove the special legal status granted to federal legislators known as 'foro privelegiado'.... Read More
* Engineering firm Odebrecht has signed a R$2.1bn (US$595m) contract with Petrocity Portos to build a port in Brazil' southern state of Espírito Santo.... Read More
Development: On 3 May, Chile’s President Sebastián Piñera signed a legislative initiative which would lift the statute of limitations on sex crimes against minors.... Read More
Argentina: The central bank (BCRA) has increased its benchmark interest rate by 300 basis points to 33.25%.... Read More
From Latin American Weekly Report
For the second time this year, Brazil’s President Michel Temer was forced to cancel his planned trip to Asia.... Read More
Paraguay’s electoral authorities (TSJE) are still finalising the vote count for the 22 April general election, the preliminary results of which pointed to a clear victory for the ruling Asociación Nacional Republicana-Partido Colorado (ANR-PC).... Read More
Ever since Uruguay legalised marijuana and placed the production and sale of the narcotic under state control in 2017, there has been a lot of interest to see if the initiative could succeed in undermining illegal drug trafficking and reducing the incidence of violent crimes associated with it.... Read More
BRAZIL | EU pledges aid for Venezuelan immigrants in Brazil.... Read More
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