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LatinNews Daily - 16 November 2018
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- Mapuche killing provokes outrage in Chile
Andean
- Ecuador’s indigenous stage widespread protests
- In brief: Peru
Brazil
- Brazil’s Bolsonaro appoints Santander economist to central bank
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- Costa Rica’s Alvarado hails pension limits
- In brief: El Salvador
Mexico
- SCJN ruling threatens López Obrador’s security strategy for Mexico
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- In brief: Argentina
Development: On 15 November Chile’s President Sebastián Piñera pledged an investigation into the fatal shooting of an indigenous Mapuche man, Camilo Catrillanca Marin, which took place two days earlier in Ercilla town, in the impoverished southern region of La Araucanía.
LatinNews Daily - 15 November 2018
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- Macri gets budget through Argentina’s senate
Andean
- Bolivia's legislature calls for Mesa to be investigated
- In brief: Colombia
Brazil
- Brazil’s Bolsonaro picks Trump enthusiast as foreign minister
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- Panama hit by another corruption scandal
- In brief: Haiti
Mexico
- Mexico’s López Obrador unveils national security strategy
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- In brief: Chile
Development: In the early hours of 15 November Argentina’s federal senate gave final approval to a version of the zero-deficit 2019 draft budget submitted by the government led by President Mauricio Macri.
LatinNews Daily - 14 November 2018
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- Electoral alliances register ahead of Bolivia vote
Andean
- In brief: Venezuela
Brazil
- Retired army general to lead defence ministry in Brazil
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- DR firms deny links to Haiti corruption scandal
- In brief: Panama
Mexico
- Explosive start to trial of Mexico’s Guzmán
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- ANR-PC divisions produce first government crisis in Paraguay
- In brief: Paraguay
Development: On 13 November two political opposition alliances and seven political parties registered with Bolivia’s supreme electoral court (TSE) ahead of the 27 January 2019 party primaries.
LatinNews Daily - 13 November 2018
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- Macri leans on Argentina’s private sector to help ease public discontent
Andean
- Public sector workers back on the streets in Venezuela
- In brief: Bolivia
Brazil
- Brazil’s BNDES to focus on infrastructure projects under Levy
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- Panama candidates sign ethics pact ahead of 2019 vote
- In brief: Haiti
Mexico
- López Obrador convenes wide-ranging referendum in Mexico
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- In brief: Uruguay
Development: On 12 November Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri signed a presidential decree under which private sector firms in the country are to pay a year-end bonus to their employees to compensate for the loss in purchasing power resulting from Argentina’s high inflation rate.
LatinNews Daily - 12 November 2018
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- Colombia’s Duque maintains strong stance against ELN
Andean
- In brief: Peru
Brazil
- Brazil’s Guedes wants former PT finance minister at BNDES
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- Popular consultation stokes debate in Honduras
- In brief: Panama
Mexico
- Mexico’s PAN riven by party leadership elections
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- Overhaul of military high command in Chile
- In brief: Argentina
Washington Watch
- US praises Ecuador’s efforts to combat drug trafficking
Development: On 11 November, Colombia’s President Iván Duque said that he would not be “blackmailed” by the Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) insurgent guerrilla group and that his government will only resume formal peace negotiations with the ELN when the group suspends all of its criminal activity.
LatinNews Daily - 09 November 2018
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- Mexican stock market suffers biggest loss in seven years
Andean
- Opposition and chavistas protest low wages in Venezuela
- In brief: Peru
Brazil
- Wave of arrests for corruption in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- New ‘reconciliation law’ in Nicaragua sparks concerns
- In brief: Costa Rica
Mexico
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- Chile’s Piñera faces union unrest
- In brief: Argentina
Development: Mexico’s stock market index fell by 5.8% on 8 November after the leftist Movimiento Regeneración Nacional (Morena) of President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador presented a bill in the federal senate that would restrict commissions charged by banks.
LatinNews Daily - 08 November 2018
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- Colombia’s Duque trips up over VAT
Andean
- In brief: Venezuela
Brazil
- ‘Beef caucus’ president appointed as agriculture minister in Brazil
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- New political party registers ahead of Guatemala 2019 election
- In brief: El Salvador
Mexico
- Mexico’s Videgaray responds to US mid-term elections
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- Paraguay’s attorney general threatened by Brazilian gang
- In brief: Uruguay
Development: On 7 November Colombia’s President Iván Duque acknowledged that “the biggest challenge” his government had faced during his first three months in office was winning approval in congress for the 2019 draft budget which would include contentious tax-reform proposals.
LatinNews Daily - 07 November 2018
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- Venezuela’s opposition accuses Maduro gov’t of links with ELN
Andean
- In brief: Colombia
Brazil
- Government transition process gets underway in Brazil
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- Northern Triangle AGs boost cooperation
- In brief: Guatemala
Mexico
- Mexican governor Yunes faces criminal charges
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- Chile’s Piñera moves on security pledge
- In brief: Argentina
Development: On 6 November opposition deputies in Venezuela’s national assembly (AN) accused the Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela (PSUV) government led by President Nicolás Maduro of running an extortion ring preying on Venezuelan gold miners in conjunction with the Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN), the Colombian insurgent guerrilla group.
LatinNews Daily - 06 November 2018
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- New request to free Brazil’s Lula prompted by Moro appointment
Andean
- Vizcarra refutes coup accusations in Peru
- In brief: Venezuela
Brazil
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- El Salvador’s AG seeks re-election
- In brief: Dominican Republic
Mexico
- In brief: Mexico
- López Obrador announces public consultation over Tren Maya
Southern Cone
- Prosecutor opens new legacy case against military in Uruguay
- In brief: Uruguay
Development: On 5 November, the lawyers of Brazil’s imprisoned former president Lula da Silva (2003-2011) filed a new habeas corpus petition before the supreme court (STF), requesting Lula’s release.
LatinNews Daily - 05 November 2018
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- Mexico comes under pressure over Centam migrant caravans
Andean
- Glas prison transfer stokes tension between Ecuador and Bolivia
- In brief: Colombia
Brazil
- Concern over Bolsonaro’s decision to move Brazil embassy to Jerusalem
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- DR and El Salvador presidents continue unprecedented trip to China
- In brief: Costa Rica
Mexico
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- Chile-France relations under strain
- In brief: Argentina
Washington Watch
- Colombia’s JEP analyses US extradition request
Development: On 4 November the participants of the VII Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) denounced that the caravans of Central American migrants that are seeking to make their way to the US through Mexico are being mistreated by the Mexican authorities.
LatinNews Daily - 02 November 2018
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- US imposes sanctions on Venezuelan gold sector
Andean
- In brief: Colombia
Brazil
- Anti-corruption judge to become Brazil’s next justice minister
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- Haitian police disperse Petrocaribe protesters
- In brief: Costa Rica
Mexico
- Central American migrant caravans advance through Mexico
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- Uruguay’s FA moots taking drastic actions against Bolsonaro
- In brief: Argentina
Development: On 1 November, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing new economic sanctions to Venezuela’s gold industry.
LatinNews Daily - 01 November 2018
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- Keiko Fujimori under preventative detention in Peru
Andean
- In brief: Colombia
Brazil
- Plan to merge ministries attracts criticism in Brazil
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- IMF urges accord to resolve Nicaragua crisis
- In brief: Panama
Mexico
- Mexico supreme court ruling sets precedent for marijuana use
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- CDE intervention to be debated by Paraguay’s congress
- In brief: Chile
Development: On 31 November, a local judge put the leader of Peru’s main opposition Fuerza Popular (FP, Fujimoristas) party, Keiko Fujimori, under preventative detention for 36 months as she awaits trial for money laundering and bribery charges.