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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 30 July 2019

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On 29 July, Paraguay’s President Mario Abdo Benítez accepted the resignations of four top government officials including his foreign minister, Luis Alberto Castiglioni, over the signing of a controversial agreement with Brazil on the distribution of electricity at the Itaipú binational hydroelectric dam.... Read More
On 29 July, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, lamented the “tragic and reprehensible” death of an indigenous leader in Northern Brazil, and called upon the government led by President Jair Bolsonaro to act to prevent the illegal invasion of indigenous lands.... Read More
* According to Brazil’s central bank (BCB), the central government posted a R$12.2bn (US$3.23bn) primary deficit in June 2019, down from a R$13.5bn deficit in June 2018.... Read More
* Chile’s state-owned copper mining company (Codelco) has dismissed around 200 employees in what it has called a “transformation to continue supporting the country”.... Read More

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