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LatinNews Daily - 11 May 2018
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Development: On 10 May United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, described as “alarming” the murders of two indigenous activists in Guatemala in the last two days.... Read More
Andean
Development: On 10 May negotiating teams representing the Colombian government and the Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) guerrilla group renewed peace talks in Cuba.... Read More
Venezuela: Venezuela’s state-owned oil firm, Pdvsa, has rejected the move by US oil firm ConocoPhillips to seize its oil assets in the Caribbean.... Read More
Brazil
Development: On 10 May, Brazil's minister for public security Raul Jungmann said that the results of an investigation into the murder of Rio de Janeiro city councillor Marielle Franco from the leftist Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL) and her driver Anderson Gomes would be released “soon”.... Read More
* Laerte Codonho, the head of Brazilian soft drinks company Dolly, has been arrested in the city of São Paulo for fraud.... Read More
Mexico
Development: In a radio interview on 10 May Eva Cadena, a Veracruz state deputy, called on the electorate not to vote for Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the presidential candidate of the left-wing opposition Movimiento Regeneración Nacional (Morena) party, in the 1 July general election.... Read More
* Speaker of the US House of Representatives Paul Ryan (R-WI) has said that the US administration led by President Donal Trump has until 17 May to submit a final deal for the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) – the trade deal between Mexico, Canada and the US – if it wants US lawmakers to vote on the revised agreement this year.... Read More
Southern Cone
Development: On 10 May opposition legislators in Chile’s national congress called on Health Minister Emilio Santelices to resign after the government’s changes to the country’s abortion protocols were declared illegal; while courts admitted a formal malfeasance of public funds complaint affecting Finance Minister Felipe Larraín.... Read More
Uruguay: Credit ratings agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has said that Uruguay has made “considerable” progress in “decoupling its economy from those of its regional neighbours”.... Read More
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- UN raises alarm over indigenous murders in Guatemala
- Colombian government resumes peace talks with ELN
- In brief: Venezuela
- Franco investigation in its “final stages” says Brazil's Jungmann
- In brief: Brazil
- In brief: Guatemala
- Former Morena member calls for vote against Mexico’s López Obrador
- In brief: Mexico
- Two cabinet ministers in hot water in Chile
- In brief: Uruguay