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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Caribbean & Central America - 12 July 2019
From LatinNews Daily
On 11 July Guatemala’s defence ministry (Mindef) announced it would heed the recommendation from the comptroller general’s office (CGC) and not proceed with the purchase of two Pampa III military planes from Argentina’s state-run aircraft manufacturing company Fábrica Argentina de Aviones (Fadea) for US$28m.... Read More
* The Dominican Republic’s energy & mining minister, Antonio Isa Conde, has presented a potential 14 oil and gas exploration blocks that the government plans to put up for tender to 26 companies from 11 countries.... Read More
From Latin American Weekly Report
Two weeks after announcing the deployment of an additional 2,500 police officers and 3,000 soldiers to violence hot spots to strike the finances of El Salvador’s mara gangs by targeting the flow of extortion payments, President Nayib Bukele rolled out stage two of his government’s overarching security policy on 2 July, a soft complement to the opening hard initiative.... Read More
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Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández made a concerted effort this week to undercut support for protesting medical workers and teachers.... Read More
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | On the defensive over tourism.... Read More
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