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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Mexico - 22 October 2018
From LatinNews Daily
Development: On 20 October the presidents of Guatemala and Honduras, Jimmy Morales and Juan Orlando Hernández respectively, held a meeting in which they launched an initiative, ‘Plan Retorno Seguro’ ('Plan Safe Return'), as part of efforts to halt the caravan of Hondurans making their way to the US.... Read More
Development: On 21 October, Mexico’s interior ministry said that over three days it had received 1,028 asylum requests from Central Americans arriving at the border as part of the migrant caravan that is making its way to the US from Honduras.... Read More
* International credit ratings agency, Fitch Ratings, has revised its Rating Outlook on Mexico’s state-owned oil firm Pemex’s international Issuer Default Rating (IDRs) to 'negativ'e from 'stable'.... Read More
From Latin American Security & Strategic Review
In recent years, crime rates have been rising in a number of key countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).... Read More
Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) takes office on 1 December as Mexico’s new president, bringing with him a wide-ranging reformist agenda, particularly in relation to policies on crime and security.... Read More
Arresting the criminal represents at best half the job: he or she also needs to be put on trial, proven guilty, and convicted.... Read More
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