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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 19 February 2019
From LatinNews Daily
On 18 February, Brazil’s presidential spokesperson Otávio do Rêgo Barros confirmed that Gustavo Bebianno was being dismissed from his position as secretary-general to the presidency in President Jair Bolsonaro’s government.... Read More
* Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro announced on Twitter that upcoming airport concessions will generate R$3.5bn (US$938m) in investment.... Read More
On 18 February, Uruguay’s President Tabaré Vázquez held an open ministerial council in Pueblo Centenario, in Durazno department, where he faced heavy criticism from local residents who will be directly affected by the government-backed plans for Finnish firm UPM to build a second pulp mill in the area... Read More
* Paraguay’s heath minister, Julio Mazzoleni, has announced that the public health ministry will assign US$270m to buy medicines for the public health system this year, an increase of US$40m on 2018.... Read More
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