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LatinNews Daily - 06 August 2019
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On 5 August, Guatemala’s attorney general’s office and the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (Cicig) filed legal documents accusing Economy Minister Acisclo Valladares of being part of a money-laundering ring and requesting for his immunity from prosecution to be lifted.... Read More
Andean
On 5 August, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order freezing all Venezuelan government assets held in the US, in a clear escalation of the measures aimed at forcing Venezuela’s de facto president, Nicolás Maduro, out of power. ... Read More
* The Colombian government has signed a pact with trade unions, establishing 12 agreements to help promote national economic growth.... Read More
Brazil
On 5 August, Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro repeated his intention of introducing legislation to allow the security forces to kill in the line of duty, when defending people, possessions, and property.... Read More
* Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has inaugurated a floating solar power plant located in the reservoir of the Sobradinho hydroelectric plant in Bahia state.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
* Health-sector unions in Costa Rica have gone on strike in protest at the government’s fiscal reform, which they believe affects the rights of public workers.... Read More
Mexico
On 5 August, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Mexico published a statement condemning the latest outbreak of violence against journalists and the media across the country.... Read More
* Mexico’s national council for the evaluation of social development policy (Coneval) has published its latest statistics on poverty, according to which 52.4m people lived in poverty in 2018 (41.9% of the total population), down from 53.4m recorded in 2016.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 5 August, Chile’s interior minister Andrés Chadwick reiterated his assertion that anarchist groups in the country are receiving support from abroad, especially from Argentina.... Read More
* Chile’s latest monthly economic activity index (Imacec) shows 1.3% growth in June 2019 compared with the same month in 2018.... Read More
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- GUATEMALA: Economy minister implicated in new corruption ring
- VENEZUELA: US freezes Maduro government assets
- In brief: Colombia government signs growth deal with unions
- BRAZIL: Bolsonaro defends giving police right to kill
- In brief: Brazil’s first floating solar power inaugurated
- In brief: Costa Rica’s health-sector unions on strike
- MEXICO: UN condemns growing violence against journalists
- In brief: Mexico has 52.4m living in poverty
- CHILE: Interior minister claims anarchists get foreign backing
- In brief: Chile’s president promises “much better” second half