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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Caribbean & Central America - 03 April 2020
From LatinNews Daily
On 2 April El Salvador’s human rights ombudsman (PDDH) José Apolonio Tobar warned that the military and police had destroyed journalists’ “informative material” and forced them to delete videos and photographs.... Read More
* Nicaragua’s central bank (BCN) has released new figures which show that GDP contracted by 3.9% in 2019, an improvement on the 4% contraction in 2018.... Read More
From Latin American Weekly Report
This week the national police announced that over 700 people had been arrested for failing to heed the “absolute curfew” announced by President Juan Orlando Hernández on 20 March (since extended until 12 April) to stop the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19).... Read More
Last week Costa Rica’s tourism institute (ICT) declared the tourism sector to be in a state of “total emergency and calamity” due to the impact of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic which has forced President Carlos Alvarado to close the country’s borders, among other stringent measures.... Read More
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