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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 19 November 2018
From LatinNews Daily
Development: On 18 November, Brazil’s President-elect Jair Bolsonaro re-iterated his criticism of the ‘Mais Médicos’ programme which employs Cuban doctors in the country, saying that Brazil cannot accept “Cuban slaves” nor continue its support of the “Cuban dictatorship”.... Read More
* Brazil’s central bank (BCB) has released the latest figures for its monthly economic activity index (IBC-Br), which show that economic growth reached 1.14% in the first nine months of 2018.... Read More
Development: On 17 November Paraguay’s President Mario Abdo Benítez dismissed the head of the national police (PNP) and his second-in-command over the murder of a woman who was visiting a high security PNP jail.... Read More
* Chile’s President Sebastián Piñera has signed three new bilateral cooperation agreements with his New Zealand counterpart Jacinda Ardern.... Read More
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