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LatinNews Daily - 22 February 2019
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- VENEZUELA: Prominent military figure turns on Maduro
Andean
- In brief: Ecuador
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Gov’t says no risk of conflict with Venezuela, maintains aid
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- NICARAGUA: Ortega confirms relaunch of dialogue
- In brief: Guatemala
Mexico
- MEXICO: Senate approves modified version of national guard
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- CHILE: Piñera defends stance on Venezuela
- In brief: Argentina
On 21 February, General Hugo ‘Pollo’ Carvajal, Venezuela’s former head of military counterintelligence (2004-2011) and current national deputy for the ruling Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela (PSUV), publicly denounced Nicolás Maduro for usurping the presidency and recognised the opposition leader, Juan Guaidó, as the country’s legitimate interim president.
LatinNews Daily - 21 February 2019
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- PANAMA: First presidential debate takes place
Andean
- COLOMBIA: Duque comes under mounting pressure to sanction JEP
- In brief: Colombia
Brazil
- BRAZIL: The battle for pension reform begins
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- In brief: Nicaragua
Mexico
- MEXICO: Murder of activist highlights problems facing gov’t
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- PARAGUAY: Controversy over CDE mayoral candidacy grows
- In brief: Argentina
On 20 February a debate took place between Panama’s seven presidential candidates organised by the electoral authorities (TE).
LatinNews Daily - 20 February 2019
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- VENEZUELA: Maduro challenges Guaidó to call election
Andean
- In brief: Colombia
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Moro’s anti-crime package goes to congress
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- NICARAGUA: Doubts over Ortega gov't commitment to dialogue
- In brief: Panama
Mexico
- MEXICO: Morena registers victory in congress
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- ARGENTINA: Protests ignite over abortion and juvenile criminal law
- In brief: Argentina
On 19 February, Venezuela’s de facto president, Nicolás Maduro, challenged the self-proclaimed and internationally recognised interim president, Juan Guaidó, to call a presidential election so that he can defeat him in the polls.
LatinNews Daily - 19 February 2019
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- BRAZIL: First Bolsonaro minister falls
Andean
- VENEZUELA: Trump ratchets up pressure on military
- In brief: Bolivia
Brazil
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- HAITI: Heavily armed foreign nationals arrested
- In brief: Guatemala
Mexico
- MEXICO: López Obrador attacks head of energy commission
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- URUGUAY: Vázquez forced to defend UPM project
- In brief: Paraguay
On 18 February, Brazil’s presidential spokesperson Otávio do Rêgo Barros confirmed that Gustavo Bebianno was being dismissed from his position as secretary-general to the presidency in President Jair Bolsonaro’s government.
LatinNews Daily - 18 February 2019
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- NICARAGUA: Talks held on relaunching dialogue
Andean
- VENEZUELA: Humanitarian aid amasses on Colombia border
- In brief: Peru
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Authorities work on responses to Brumadinho tragedy
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- In brief: Panama
Mexico
- MEXICO: Deadly wave of violence sweeps across country
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- URUGUAY: Opposition maintains pressure over Venezuela
- In brief: Argentina
Washington Watch
- Duque conducts official visit to Washington
On 16 February, the Nicaraguan government led by President Daniel Ortega met a group of private sector representatives along with Cardinal Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano, Archbishop of Managua, and Bishop Waldemar Stanisław Sommertag, Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua.
LatinNews Daily - 15 February 2019
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- HAITI: Moïse digs in his heels
Andean
- VENEZUELA: Maduro gov’t launches international counter offensive
- In brief: Bolivia
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Pension reform takes shape
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- In brief: Nicaragua
Mexico
- MEXICO: Interior minister urges approval of national guard
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- ARGENTINA: IMF listens to country’s concerns
- In brief: Argentina
On 14 February, Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse gave his first speech since the mass protests calling for his resignation began a week ago.
LatinNews Daily - 14 February 2019
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- BRAZIL: Bolsonaro’s toughness on corruption put to the test
Andean
- BOLIVIA: The opposition appeals to IACHR over Morales’ candidacy
- In brief: Peru
Brazil
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- PANAMA: Envoy to EU recalled over blacklisting
- In brief: Dominican Republic
Mexico
- MEXICO: López Obrador science pick backfires
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- URUGUAY: Vázquez hosts Macri and finds common ground
- In brief: Uruguay
On 13 February, Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said that Gustavo Bebianno, the minister of the secretary-general to the presidency, would be dismissed if he was found to be guilty of embezzling funds from the president’s Partido Social Liberal (PSL) during last year’s election campaign.
LatinNews Daily - 13 February 2019
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- VENEZUELA: Guaidó maintains the pressure
Andean
- In brief: Bolivia
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Gov’t denies spying on Catholic bishops over Amazon concerns
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- HAITI: Prison break exacerbates security concerns
- In brief: El Salvador
Mexico
- MEXICO: Government publishes assets of public officials
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- URUGUAY: Gov’t defends contradictory position on Venezuela
- In brief: Uruguay
On 12 February, tens of thousands of people took part in a protest march in Venezuela’s capital, Caracas, called by the self-proclaimed and internationally recognised interim president Juan Guaidó, to demand that the de facto government led by Nicolás Maduro allow the entry into the country of international humanitarian aid and for Maduro to abandon power.
LatinNews Daily - 12 February 2019
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- MEXICO: López Obrador locks horns with electricity suppliers
Andean
- VENEZUELA: De facto gov’t reinforces military presence on Colombia border
- In brief: Venezuela
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Gov’t commits to centre for Venezuelan aid
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- COSTA RICA: Alvarado claims security progress
- In brief: Cuba
Mexico
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- ARGENTINA: IMF checks up on Argentina’s accounts
- In brief: Paraguay
On 11 February, Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador criticised the electricity sector and its contractual relationship with the government.
LatinNews Daily - 11 February 2019
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- HAITI: International pressure grows on President Moïse
Andean
- VENEZUELA: Guaidó demands that humanitarian aid be allowed into the country
- In brief: Colombia
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Deadly police operation in Rio raises questions
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- In brief: Guatemala
Mexico
- MEXICO: Karla Quintana to lead search for disappeared
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- ARGENTINA: Lavagna emerges as potential consensus opposition candidate
- In brief: Argentina
Washington Watch
- US congratulates El Salvador’s Bukele
On 10 February the Core Group (comprising the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General, the ambassadors of Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Spain, the European Union, the US, and the Special Representative of the Organization of American States) called on Haiti’s political leaders to engage in dialogue.
LatinNews Daily - 08 February 2019
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- HAITI: Moïse faces mass protests
Andean
- VENEZUELA: EU-backed political group to send mission to Caracas
- In brief: Bolivia
Brazil
- BRAZIL: President’s health could delay pension reform
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- In brief: Costa Rica
Mexico
- MEXICO: US to withdraw from tomato trade deal
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- PARAGUAY: congress dismisses CDE mayor
- In brief: Chile
On 7 February, thousands of people took to the streets in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince and across the country, calling for President Jovenel Moïse to resign.
LatinNews Daily - 07 February 2019
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- GUATEMALA: New twist in 2019 presidential race
Andean
- VENEZUELA: Armed forces under pressure over humanitarian aid
- In brief: Colombia
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Lula da Silva’s future in doubt after second conviction
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- In brief: Haiti
Mexico
- MEXICO: Further UN concerns over national guard plan
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- PARAGUAY: Government hail’s “historic” cocaine seizure
- In brief: Argentina
On 6 February, Juan Francisco Sandoval, a prosecutor from Guatemala’s attorney general's office (AG) special unit against corruption (Feci), requested that Sandra Torres, the presidential candidate for the main opposition Unidad Nacional de la Esperanza (UNE) party, be stripped of her immunity from prosecution to be investigated for alleged illegal campaign financing.
LatinNews Daily - 06 February 2019
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- NICARAGUA: Police chief admits infiltration of protests
Andean
- VENEZUELA: Tension on Colombia border as humanitarian aid is held up
- In brief: Ecuador
Brazil
- BRAZIL: First Bolsonaro minister accused of corruption
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- In brief: Panama
Mexico
- MEXICO: New anti-crime plan targets 17 hotspots
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- CHILE: ‘State of catastrophe’ declared due to wildfires
- In brief: Argentina
On 5 February, a local Nicaraguan human rights group, Comisión Permanente de Derechos Humanos (CPDH), called for Nicaragua’s national police (PNN) chief, Francisco Díaz, to face trial in response to his admission that undercover PNN officers had infiltrated the protests against President Daniel Ortega.
LatinNews Daily - 05 February 2019
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- URUGUAY: Government support for Maduro comes under scrutiny
Andean
- COLOMBIA: Security forces strike Farc dissidents
- In brief: Bolivia
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Justice minister presents tough plan to fight crime and corruption
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- HAITI: Fuel shortages persist
- In brief: Honduras
Mexico
- MEXICO: Popular politician survives gun attack
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- In brief: Paraguay
On 4 February, deputies from Uruguay’s centre-right opposition Partido Nacional (PN, Blancos) urged the Frente Amplio (FA) leftist coalition government led by President Tabaré Vázquez to provide a full explanation over the claims that the de facto Venezuelan government led by Nicolás Maduro was trying to transfer money out of Venezuela and deposit it in Uruguay’s secretive banking system.
LatinNews Daily - 04 February 2019
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- EL SALVADOR: Bukele claims outright victory in presidential vote
Andean
- VENEZUELA: Maduro refuses to give in to pressure
- In brief: Bolivia
Brazil
- BRAZIL: New congressional leadership a boost for Bolsonaro
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- In brief: Costa Rica
Mexico
- MEXICO: López Obrador under pressure to tackle disappearances
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- URUGUAY: Vázquez feeling the heat over Venezuela
- In brief: Argentina
Washington Watch
- Faller visits El Salvador
Preliminary results from El Salvador’s 3 February presidential election show Nayib Bukele, of the centre-right opposition Gran Alianza por la Unidad Nacional-Nuevas Ideas coalition, as the outright winner.
LatinNews Daily - 01 February 2019
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- EL SALVADOR: Bukele heading for victory
Andean
- VENEZUELA: Guaidó keeps the ball rolling
- In brief: Peru
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Protests against Bolsonaro’s indigenous policies
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- In brief: Nicaragua
Mexico
- MEXICO: López Obrador sends out message on corruption
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- PARAGUAY: Tensions flare in ruling ANR-PC
- In brief: Chile
Nayib Bukele, of the centre-right opposition Gran Alianza por la Unidad Nacional-Nuevas Ideas, appears to be poised for victory in the 3 February presidential election.