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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Caribbean & Central America - 14 December 2018

From LatinNews Daily
Development: On 13 December the rector of El Salvador’s state-run Universidad de El Salvador (UES), Roger Arias, criticised Nayib Bukele, the frontrunner ahead of the 3 February 2019 presidential vote, for refusing to take part in a presidential debate scheduled for 16 December.... Read More
* In a recent press conference, Jorge Quijano, the head of the Panama Canal authority (ACP), said that for FY 2018 contributions from the Panama Canal to the state amounted to US$1.70bn, US$44m more than was budgeted for and US$53m more than in FY 2017.... Read More
From Latin American Weekly Report
Supporters of Nayib Bukele, the frontrunner ahead of presidential elections on 3 February, burst into the offices of the supreme electoral tribunal (TSE) on 6 December.... Read More
Cuba’s President Miguel Díaz-Canel raised eyebrows last week after announcing plans to backtrack partially on new regulations for ‘cuentapropistas’ (self-employed small entrepreneurs) due to take effect on 7 December.... Read More
“A bad month” for press freedom in Nicaragua.... Read More

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