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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 19 August 2019
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On 18 August, Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri accepted the resignation of his finance minister, Nicolás Dujovne, and appointed Hernán Lacunza as his replacement.... Read More
On 18 August, state governors from the Amazon region of Brazil published a statement repudiating the federal government’s position on the Amazon Fund, a source of financing from Norway and Germany aimed at preservation of the rainforest.... Read More
* A non-profit research institution, Instituto do Homem e Meio Ambiente da Amazônia (Imazon), has released new research which shows that in July 2019 1,287 km2 of the Amazônia Legal (an area composed of nine states that occupies 61% of Brazilian national territory) was lost to deforestation.... Read More
* Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri has signed a decree which freezes fuel prices for 90 days as part of measures adopted to address the financial crisis stemming from the recent party primaries ahead of the 27 October general election.... Read More
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