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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 04 May 2020
From LatinNews Daily
On 3 May Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro greeted supporters outside the Planalto presidential palace in Brasília, flouting social distancing rules as he assured demonstrators, some of whom were making anti-democratic demands, that he stood by them. ... Read More
* The Brazilian senate has approved, with 79 votes in favour and one against, a R$125bn (US$22.79bn) package for state and municipal governments to help them weather the coronavirus (Covid-19) emergency and its economic impact.... Read More
On 1 May Chile’s main trade union movement Central Unitaria de Trabajadores (CUT) staged small protests in the capital Santiago and elsewhere to mark International Workers’ Day.... Read More
* Paraguay’s Health Minister Julio Mazzoleni has announced the first phase of “intelligent quarantine”, lasting until 25 May, in which some of the restricitons imposed to contain the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19) will be relaxed.... Read More
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