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LatinNews Daily - 22 May 2018

Main Briefing
Development: On 21 May, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) released preliminary findings from its visit to Nicaragua which began on 17 May.... Read More
Andean
Development: On 21 May, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing new economic sanctions on the Venezuelan government led by President Nicolás Maduro.... Read More
Bolivia: Bolivia’s state-run oil company, Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB), has announced that, through its operator Shell Bolivia, it has begun drilling the 'Jaguar X6' natural gas well in the Huacareta bloc in Entre Ríos municipality, Tarija department, with a total investment of US$109.4m.... Read More
Brazil
Development: On 21 May, the Brazilian government's chief-of-staff Eliseu Padilha said the government was looking for ways to make diesel prices more predictable after lorry drivers went on strike.... Read More
* Brazil’s industry & trade ministry (MDIC) has reported that Brazil posted a trade surplus of US$ 1.92bn in the third week of May (14 to 20).... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
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Mexico
Development: On 21 May, the labour & social welfare minister of the Mexican state of Jalisco, Luis Carlos Nájera, previously the state’s attorney general, narrowly escaped an attack by a dozen armed assailants which also left three state police officers and four bystanders injured.... Read More
* Mexico’s economy ministry has released new figures which show that foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to Mexico reached US$9.5bn in the first quarter of 2018, up 19.6% on the same period the previous year.... Read More
Southern Cone
Development: On 21 May, Brazilian engineering company Odebrecht agreed to work with the Argentine authorities to provide further information about government corruption cases in Argentina.... Read More
Argentina: The board of directors of the World Bank’s International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) has announced that it has approved a US$300m loan to the Argentine government to help finance the expansion of its public health services.... Read More

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