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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 26 April 2019
From LatinNews Daily
On 25 April, thousands took to the streets in Colombia’s capital, Bogotá, and across the country to protest various government policies.... Read More
* Ecuador’s economy & finance minister, Richard Martínez, has announced that the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a US$500m loan for Ecuador’s prosperity plan which as its objectives, economic recovery and sustained growth, poverty reduction, and protection of the most vulnerable sectors.... Read More
From Latin American Weekly Report
Early in the morning of 17 April police and prosecutors arrived at the Lima home of Peru’s former president Alan García (1985-1990; 2006-2011) to arrest him as part of ongoing investigations into corrupt payments by the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht.... Read More
This week the Colombian senate began to discuss whether to accept or reject President Iván Duque’s partial veto of the law regulating the transitional justice system (JEP).... Read More
Venezuela was the scene of an unusually quiet week over the Semana Santa Easter festival as the country’s antagonists regrouped ahead of two showdowns in the coming days.... Read More
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