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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Caribbean & Central America - 08 July 2019
From LatinNews Daily
On 5 July, Acción Ciudadana, the local branch of international anti-corruption NGO Transparency International (TI), presented a request for Guatemala's President Jimmy Morales and Defence Minister Luis Miguel Ralda to be stripped of their immunity from prosecution to face legal action for possible fraud.... Read More
* Panama’s trade & industry ministry (MICI) has announced that eight products have been removed from the list of foods subject to price controls – a measure which came into force on 7 July for a maximum duration of six months.... Read More
From Latin American Security & Strategic Review
Recent revelations that in 2015 President Juan Orlando Hernández was targeted in an investigation into large-scale drug trafficking and money laundering by the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) since “at least in or about 2013” have left the president again on the defensive.... Read More
On 26 June, Barbados’ attorney general, Dale Marshall, pledged “zero tolerance” for corruption and that four pieces of legislation would be introduced by Independence Day on 30 November.... Read More
It is no surprise that Guyana is seeking to deepen its defence cooperation with Brazil given the turmoil in neighbouring Venezuela, and the fact that Venezuela continues to claim around two-thirds of Guyanese territory.... Read More
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