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LatinNews Daily - 10 May 2018

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Development: On 9 May opposition legislators in Argentina’s federal chamber of deputies criticised the decision by the government led by President Mauricio Macri to negotiate the establishment of a new contingency credit line with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and demanded that any deal be debated by congress.... Read More
Andean
Development: On 9 May the Bolivian authorities announced that 37 people had been arrested and at least two police officers injured in clashes which took place in Macharetí municipality, Chuquisaca department.... Read More
Peru: President Martín Vizcarra has signed an executive decree that releases PEN1.5bn (US$454m) in central government funds to the regional and local governments in the north of the country to finance reconstruction efforts in areas affected by heavy flooding during last year’s ‘El Niño’ climatic phenomenon.... Read More
Brazil
Development: On 9 May, Brazil's federal police arrested three people for money laundering and seized R$5.3m (US$1.5m) as part of a long-running investigation into embezzlement in the education sector.... Read More
*Neoenergia, which is controlled by Spanish energy company Iberdrola, has said it is still interested in acquiring the shares of Brazilian electricity distributor Eletropaulo, even after Neoenergia requested arbitration against Eletropaulo on 8 May.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
Development: On 9 May Costa Rica’s new president Carlos Alvarado of the ruling centre-left Partido Acción Ciudadana (PAC) began discussing his government’s fiscal reform proposal with the political opposition.... Read More
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Mexico
Development: On 9 May, a new report published by the United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (Unicef) found that 51.1% of Mexican children and teenagers lives in poverty in 2017.... Read More
*Mexico’s tourism minister, Enrique de la Madrid, has told reporters that Mexico is the sixth-most visited country in the world, up from 15th four years ago.... Read More
Southern Cone
Paraguay: The national congress, in an extraordinary bicameral session, has elected former supreme court justice Alicia Pucheta as the country’s new vice president.... Read More

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