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LatinNews Daily - 10 August 2018
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Development: On 9 August the leading presidential candidates in Brazil’s 7 October general election took part in a first televised debate ahead of the polls.... Read More
Andean
Development: On 9 August Peru’s President Martín Vizcarra presented three major constitutional reform projects to the national congress.... Read More
Venezuela: A US federal judge has authorised the seizure of Citgo Petroleum Corporation, the US subsidiary of Venezuela’s state-owned oil firm Pdvsa, to pay a debt owed by the Venezuelan government.... Read More
Brazil
*According to the latest figures from Brazil’s coffee exporters’ association (Cecafé), the country exported 2.3m sacks (one sack = 60 kilos) of coffee in July, up 24.2% on the same month in 2017.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
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
Mexico
Development: On 9 August Mexico’s President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador met the incumbent president, Enrique Peña Nieto, marking the start of the formal government transition process ahead of López Obrador’s inauguration on 1 December.... Read More
*The Mexican confederation of industrial chambers (Concamin) has presented President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s government transition team with a series of industrial policy proposals that it says will help to ensure that the domestic economy grows at rate of over 5%.... Read More
Southern Cone
Development: On 9 August Paraguay’s outgoing president, Horacio Cartes, sanctioned into law a series of changes to the bilateral treaty governing the Yacyretá hydroelectric dam that Paraguay shares with Argentina, which have been recently approved by Paraguay’s national congress.... Read More
Chile: In his first cabinet reshuffle since taking office in March, Chile’s President Sebastián Piñera named environment minister Marcela Cubillos as his new education minister, replacing Gerardo Varela.... Read More
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- First televised presidential debate held in Brazil
- Peru’s Vizcarra pushes congress to fast-track key reforms
- In brief: Venezuela
- In brief: Brazil
- Costa Rica’s top court issues ruling on same-sex marriage
- In brief: Dominican Republic
- López Obrador advances government transition process in Mexico
- In brief: Mexico
- Paraguay’s Cartes approves controversial new Yacyretá deal
- In brief: Chile