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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Caribbean & Central America - 10 August 2018
From LatinNews Daily
Development: In the early hours of 9 August Costa Rica’s supreme court (CSJ) announced a ruling which found that the prohibition of same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.... Read More
Dominican Republic: The Dominican Republic’s (DR) 32-member senate has approved a new law on political parties and organisations by 25 out of 27 senators present, following its approval on 7 August by the 190-member lower chamber.... Read More
From Latin American Weekly Report
The Cuban government has modified its laws and simplified the approval process for investment projects.... Read More
In a decision hailed as “unprecedented” by José Miguel Vivanco, the Americas director for the NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW), the permanent council of the Organization of American States (OAS) has approved a resolution to create a working group on Nicaragua to “contribute to peaceful and sustainable solutions”.... Read More
Costa Rica’s supreme court (CSJ) president Carlos Chinchilla has become the latest casualty of the so-called ‘Cementazo’ scandal (involving Sinocem Costa Rica, the Costa Rican subsidiary of a Chinese cement exporter, and top public officials) which rocked the country last year.... Read More
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