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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Caribbean & Central America - 22 August 2018
From LatinNews Daily
Development: On 21 August Guatemala’s Vice President Jafeth Cabrera described as “lamentable” the continued legal limbo facing Minera San Rafael (MSR), a subsidiary of Canada’s Tahoe Resources, which owns the Escobal silver mine, one of the largest in the world.... Read More
Dominican Republic: According to the Dominican Republic’s (DR) mining and oil chamber (Camipe), the DR’s mining sector registered 58.3% annual growth from 2010-2016 in terms of national exports, far ahead of agriculture (4.8%) and industry (3%).... Read More
From Latin American Security & Strategic Review
El Salvador’s most popular politician, Nayib Bukele, the charismatic former mayor of San Salvador (2015-2018), has been confirmed as presidential candidate for the right-of-centre opposition Gran Alianza por la Unidad Nacional ahead of the February 2019 presidential election.... Read More
The political impasse in the wake of the November 2017 election remains unresolved and is weighing on business activity.... Read More
At the July Caribbean Community (Caricom) Heads of Government meeting in Jamaica, the assembled leaders considered the final report of the Regional Commission on Marijuana, which the community had mandated in March 2014.... Read More
COSTA RICA | New law blocking cell phone services in prisons.... Read More
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