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LatinNews Daily - 11 February 2019

Main Briefing
On 10 February the Core Group (comprising the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General, the ambassadors of Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Spain, the European Union, the US, and the Special Representative of the Organization of American States) called on Haiti’s political leaders to engage in dialogue.... Read More
Andean
On 10 February Juan Guaidó, Venezuela’s self-proclaimed and internationally recognised interim president, accused those blocking humanitarian aid from entering the country of being “almost genocidal”.... Read More
* Colombia’s state-owned oil company, Ecopetrol, has announced a contingency plan in response to a recent attack on the Caño Limón-Coveñas oil pipeline, in the municipality of Arauquita, Arauca department.... Read More
Brazil
On 8 February, NGO Amnesty International (AI) Brazil requested that an investigation be launched immediately into the deaths of supposed criminals at the hands of military police (PM) in the city of Rio de Janeiro that same day.... Read More
* Brazil’s national statistics institute (IBGE) has released the latest figures on its consumer price index (IPCA) which show that the month-on-month inflation rate in January 2019 was 0.32%, up from 0.15% in December 2018.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
* The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has announced its approval of a US$150m loan to Guatemala to implement a road improvement and rehabilitation programme connecting productive areas and departmental capitals to the main networks.... Read More
Mexico
On 9 February, Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador appointed Karla Quintana Osuna as head of the Comisión Nacional de Búsqueda de Personas (CNB), the entity created by his government to lead the search for Mexico’s disappeared.... Read More
* Mexico’s tax authority (SAT) has reported that it has received 100,000 applications from local firms to be included in the economic stimulus programme announced by the government led by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador for the country’s northern border states.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 10 February Argentina’s former president Eduardo Duhalde (2002-2003) revealed that he is actively working on the conformation of a broad opposition coalition to promote the presidential candidacy of former economy minister Roberto Lavagna (2002-2005) ahead of the October general election.... Read More
* Argentina’s energy ministry has confirmed that the first public pricing auction for natural gas will take place on 14-15 February in the Buenos Aires chamber of commerce (BCBA), using the electronic gas market trading platform, Megsa.... Read More
Washington Watch
Chile: On 1 February, the Office of Inspector General for US Agency for International Development (USAID OIG) published a report on the US government’s development finance institution, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), which highlighted key weaknesses in the latter’s dealing with solar and hydroelectric projects in Chile.... Read More

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