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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Caribbean & Central America - 15 June 2018
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Development: On 14 June two local civil-society groups, Iniciativa Social para la Democracia (ISD) and Red Ciudadana Transparencia y Democracia, issued a joint statement condemning violence and repression against protesters opposed to a new water legislative bill.... Read More
Dominican Republic: The Dominican Republic (DR)’s central bank (BCRD) has released figures which show that tourist arrivals to the country were up 7% year-on-year in May and 5.9% in the first five months of 2018 compared with the same period the previous year.... Read More
From Latin American Weekly Report
President Jimmy Morales was last week forced to declare a state of calamity in three departments (Chimaltenango, Escuintla, and Sacatepéquez) following the eruption of Volcán de Fuego, one of Central America’s most active volcanoes.... Read More
Nicaragua’s Catholic Episcopal Conference (CEN) has yet to receive a response from President Daniel Ortega who last week requested a “couple of days” to reflect on its latest proposal to resume the suspended national dialogue process with the opposition Alianza Cívica por la Justicia y la Democracia (comprising students, civil-society groups, and the private sector).... Read More
HONDURAS | Progress in poverty reduction.... Read More
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