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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 14 February 2019
From LatinNews Daily
On 13 February, opposition figures like Bolivia’s former president Carlos Mesa (2003-2005), a presidential candidate ahead of the October vote, along with civil-society groups, presented complaints before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) against President Evo Morales’ re-election bid.... Read More
* Peru’s energy & mining ministry (MEM) has released a statement which reveals that revenue from mining exploitation concessions (which include royalties) to regional governments reached a total of PEN4.8bn (US$1.44bn) in 2018 – up 47% year-on-year.... Read More
From Latin American Security & Strategic Review
That the risk of military conflict between the US and Venezuela is no longer considered unrealistic is a measure of the depth of the crisis now afflicting the Andean country.... Read More
The economic and political crisis in Venezuela has pushed 3m Venezuelans to leave the country.... Read More
The murder of a pregnant Ecuadorean woman by her Venezuelan migrant boyfriend sparked a series of violent attacks against Venezuelan migrants in northern Ecuador.... Read More
Venezuela’s political, economic and humanitarian crisis has led to a re-emergence of previously eradicated or controlled infectious diseases.... Read More
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