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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 10 August 2018
From LatinNews Daily
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
*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
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
From Latin American Weekly Report
A corruption scandal broke over the course of the last week that could put paid to any hope former president Cristina Fernández (2007-2015) has of seeking a third term in office in October 2019.... Read More
The party conference season came to an end last Sunday (5 August).... Read More
Religious conviction trumped women’s rights in Argentina’s senate on 8 August as a bill legalising abortion up to14 weeks after conception was rejected.... Read More
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