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LatinNews Daily - 21 May 2018
Main Briefing
Development: On 20 May, Venezuela’s national electoral council (CNE) declared President Nicolás Maduro the winner of the presidential election held the same day.... Read More
Andean
Colombia: Gustavo Petro, the presidential candidate of the Colombia Humana leftist opposition coalition in Colombia’s 27 May presidential election, has complained that the local authorities are holding a “fraudulent” electoral process akin to that staged in Venezuela on 20 May.... Read More
Brazil
Development: On 18 May, Brazil’s lorry drivers’ association (Abcam) announced they would stage a general strike today (21 May) to campaign for lower fuel prices.... Read More
* Brazil’s national statistics institute (Ibge) found the number of young people aged between 15 and 29 years old who neither study nor work in Brazil rose to 23% in 2017, up from the 21.8% recorded the previous year.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
Development: On 20 May, Guatemala’s commissioner for police reform, Adela Camacho de Torrebiarte, resigned.... Read More
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Mexico
Development: On 20 May, Mexico’s second presidential debate took place on the campus of the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (UABC) in the border city of Tijuana.... Read More
* Mexico’s national statistics institute (Inegi) has released new figures which show that the national unemployment rate for the first quarter of 2018 was 3.14%, down from 3.39% in the same period the previous year.... Read More
Southern Cone
Development: On 20 May, thousands of Argentines came out to protest against a bill to legalise abortion in Argentina which is currently beeing debated in the federal congress.... Read More
Chile: According to figures from Chile’s central bank (BCCh), Chile’s GDP grew by 4.2% in the first quarter of 2018 compared with the same period last year.... Read More
Washington Watch
Argentina: On 14 May, US President Donald Trump said he supported Argentina’s decision to seek financial assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) during a brief ten-minute phone call with his Argentine counterpart Mauricio Macri.... Read More
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- Venezuela falls further into political limbo
- In brief: Colombia
- Brazilian lorry drivers stage protest over fuel price increases
- In brief: Brazil
- Guatemala’s commissioner for police reform quits
- In brief: Panama
- Meade most measured performer in Mexican debate
- In brief: Mexico
- Argentina gripped by anti-abortion protests
- In brief: Chile
- US concerns over Honduras anti-corruption mission