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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 12 September 2018
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Development: On 11 September, Brazil’s leftist Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) officially announced that Fernando Haddad would take over from Lula da Silva (2003-2011), the imprisoned former president, as the party’s presidential candidate in the 7 October general election.... Read More
* Brazil’s Defence Minister General Joaquim Silva e Luna has met with his Venezuelan counterpart, General Vladimir Padrino López, in the Venezuelan town of Puerto Ordaz, Bolívar state.... Read More
Development: On 11 September Uruguayan political opposition leaders heavily criticised the decision by the Frente Amplio (FA) leftist coalition government led by President Tabaré Vázquez to punish the armed forces commander, General Guido Manini Ríos, for questioning the government’s plans to reform the military pension scheme (Caja Militar).... Read More
Argentina: Argentina’s central bank (BCRA) intervened in the local currency market yesterday and sold US$55m worth of US dollars in a bid to uphold the value of the peso.... Read More
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