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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Caribbean & Central America - 28 June 2019
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On 27 June the secretary general of the Dominican Republic’s long-ruling Partido de la Liberación Dominicana (PLD), Reinaldo Pared Pérez, met President Danilo Medina and his predecessor former president Leonel Fernández (1996-2000, 2004-2012) to try to defuse escalating tensions in the party and the country.... Read More
* Cuba’s council of ministers has approved a set of new measures aimed at boosting the domestic economy, such as salary increases for state workers and greater pensions protection.... Read More
From Latin American Weekly Report
Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández led a ‘march for peace’ on 22 June in Tegucigalpa, organised by the ruling Partido Nacional (PN).... Read More
Nicaragua’s national assembly, controlled by the ruling Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN), reformed an internal regulation on 25 June in order to keep the body’s president, Gustavo Porras, in his place.... Read More
“We don’t want a war.... Read More
Guyana’s President David Granger suffered a sharp reverse on 18 June as the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) upheld a parliamentary vote of no confidence in his A Partnership for National Unity (Apnu) coalition government last December, triggering fresh elections.... Read More
The rift within the long-ruling Partido de la Liberación Dominicana (PLD) deepened significantly this week.... Read More
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