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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 21 August 2019
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On 20 August, a police sniper killed a man who had hijacked a bus on the Rio de Janeiro-Niterói bridge after a three-hour stand-off that brought parts of the city of Rio de Janeiro to a standstill.... Read More
* Senator Roberto Rocha, the rapporteur for tax reform in the Brazilian senate’s constitution, justice & citizenship committee, has announced that the committee will vote on the government’s tax reform proposal within the next 45 days.... Read More
On 20 August, Paraguay’s main opposition Partido Liberal Radical Auténtico (PLRA) failed in its attempt to impeach President Mario Abdo Benítez, Vice President Hugo Velázquez, and Finance Minister Benigno López in the lower chamber of congress.... Read More
* Some 250 tomato growers in Coronel Oviedo, Caaguazú department, have staged demonstrations and blockaded roads in protest at the lack of action taken by the Paraguayan authorities to stop tomato smuggling from Argentina, which they claim is killing national production.... Read More
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