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LatinNews Daily - 18 April 2019
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- NICARAGUA: US deals further blow to Ortega
Andean
- PERU: García suicide produces political commotion
- In brief: Venezuela
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Bolsonaro stands fast on indigenous policy
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- In brief: Panama
Mexico
- MEXICO: New reminders of López Obrador’s public security challenge
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- ARGENTINA: Macri takes economic action to salvage re-election bid
- In brief: Chile
Publishing note
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On 17 April, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions against Laureano Ortega, the son of Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega and Vice President Rosarillo Murillo, and Banco Corporativo SA (Bancorp), a financial institution.
LatinNews Daily - 17 April 2019
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- CUBA: Havana braces for major blow from US
Andean
- ECUADOR: Political tensions boil over
- In brief: Colombia
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Supreme court locked in battle with public prosecutors
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- In brief: Panama
Mexico
- MEXICO: López Obrador moves against education reform
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- ARGENTINA: Macri continues to struggle with increasing inflation
- In brief: Argentina
On 16 April, a senior US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, revealed that the US administration led by President Donald Trump will end the suspension of Title III of the Helms-Burton Act that allows US citizens, including naturalised Cubans, to sue companies and subsidiaries in Cuba believed to be using properties expropriated after the Cuban Revolution.
LatinNews Daily - 16 April 2019
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- VENEZUELA: Lima Group seeks to buttress support for Guaidó
Andean
- In brief: Peru
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Gov’t puts forward 2020 draft budget guidelines
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- GUATEMALA: New top court president sworn in
- In brief: Dominican Republic
Mexico
- MEXICO: Government announces deal with doctors
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- CHILE: Military corruption scandals deepen
- In brief: Argentina
On 15 April, foreign ministers representing Western Hemisphere nations in the Lima Group concluded a meeting in Santiago, Chile, by releasing a 17-point declaration urging the international community to take measures to isolate the de facto Venezuelan government led by Nicolás Maduro and support the restoration of democracy under the opposition figurehead and widely recognised interim president Juan Guaidó.
LatinNews Daily - 15 April 2019
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- HAITI: UN votes to end Justice Support mission
Andean
- VENEZUELA: Maduro urges militias to perform miracle
- In brief: Colombia
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Protests against lethal military action
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- In brief: El Salvador
Mexico
- MEXICO: Business lobby questions labour reform
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- PARAGUAY: Abdo Benítez gov’t gets strong US backing
- In brief: Uruguay
Washington Watch
- US blocks MLB agreement with Cuba
On 12 April the United Nations (UN) Security Council (UNSC) voted to end the presence of the UN Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (Minujusth) in October 2019.
LatinNews Daily - 12 April 2019
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- ECUADOR: Moreno gov’t comes under fire over Assange decision
Andean
- In brief: Peru
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Gov’t celebrates completion of all 100-day goals
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- REGION: Mixed signals over Centam integration
- In brief: Honduras
Mexico
- MEXICO: New labour reform clears first hurdle
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- ARGENTINA: Lagarde comments incense opposition
- In brief: Uruguay
On 11 April, the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial execution at the Office of the United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Agnes Callamard, warned that by expelling the Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, from its embassy in the United Kingdom the Ecuadorean government has exposed Assange to potential human rights violations.
LatinNews Daily - 11 April 2019
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- PANAMA: Final debate ahead of election
Andean
- PERU: Kuczynski’s arrest causes commotion
- In brief: Bolivia
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Bolsonaro mends fences with Arab countries
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- In brief: Costa Rica
Mexico
- MEXICO: López Obrador faces more teachers’ protests
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- PARAGUAY: Gov’t proposes changes to military law
- In brief: Paraguay
On 10 April, a debate organised by the chamber of commerce (CCIAP) and electoral court (TE) took place between Panama’s seven presidential candidates.
LatinNews Daily - 10 April 2019
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- VENEZUELA: Guaidó gets boost in OAS
Andean
- In brief: Peru
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Environmentalists react to Bolsonaro’s development agenda
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- HAITI: Moïse confirms pick for PM
- In brief: Costa Rica
Mexico
- MEXICO: US judge blocks Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- URUGUAY: Bayardi tries to move on from army crisis
- In brief: Chile
On 9 April, the Organization of American States (OAS) approved a resolution in which it recognises Gustavo Tarre Briceño as an official representative of Venezuela to the OAS.
LatinNews Daily - 09 April 2019
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- GUATEMALA: OAS-Cicig tensions over election
Andean
- COLOMBIA: Big boost for peace
- In brief: Peru
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Second cabinet minister dismissed in less than 100 days
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- In brief: El Salvador
Mexico
- MEXICO: UN to accompany national guard creation process
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- ARGENTINA: Macri calls for “courage” to overcome economic crisis
- In brief: Argentina
On 8 April, Luis Almagro, the secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), tweeted about the “importance of ensuring transparency” in Guatemala's June general elections and expressed hopes that the electoral authorities (TSE) “will be allowed to work without the influence of external factors including” the United Nations (UN)-backed International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (Cicig).
LatinNews Daily - 08 April 2019
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- VENEZUELA: Maduro gov’t appeals against “cynical” US sanctions
Andean
- In brief: Colombia
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Bolsonaro’s first three months marked by tumbling approval
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- NICARAGUA: Mixed messages from Ortega as more prisoners released
- In brief: Nicaragua
Mexico
- MEXICO: Gordillo on comeback trail
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- URUGUAY: Twist in campaign for PN presidential primaries
- In brief: Argentina
Washington Watch
- Cuba rejects short suspension of Helms-Burton Act Title III
On 6 April, the de facto Venezuelan government announced that it would be filing legal appeals against the US government’s decision to impose economic sanctions on companies that transport Venezuelan oil to Cuba.
LatinNews Daily - 05 April 2019
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- ARGENTINA: Unions attempt to derail Macri re-election plans
Andean
- PERU: Del Solar and cabinet pass congressional grilling
- In brief: Ecuador
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Deadly attempted bank robbery in São Paulo
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- GUATEMALA: Concerns over new comptroller general
- In brief: El Salvador
Mexico
- MEXICO: Trump softens stance on border but causes concerns over trade
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- In brief: Uruguay
On 4 April, thousands of people took part in a protest march in Argentina’s capital, Buenos Aires, organised by local workers’ unions and leftist political parties in protest at the economic policies of the government led by President Mauricio Macri and calling for the opposition to coalesce around a consensus presidential candidate in the October general election.
LatinNews Daily - 04 April 2019
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- NICARAGUA: Talks with opposition end without progress
Andean
- COLOMBIA: Diplomatic tensions with Russia over Venezuela
- In brief: Region
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Police admit limited results of federal intervention in Rio
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- In brief: Belize/Guatemala
Mexico
- MEXICO: Opposition delivers blow to López Obrador in the senate
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- CHILE: New clashes between Mapuche and Carabineros
- In brief: Paraguay
On 3 April, the talks ended between the Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) government led by Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega and the opposition Alianza Cívica por la Justicia y la Democracia (ACJD) aimed at finding a solution to the crisis stemming from the government’s crackdown on its opponents which began in April 2018.
LatinNews Daily - 03 April 2019
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- VENEZUELA: Threat against Guaidó grows
Andean
- In brief: Bolivia
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Rio de Janeiro mayor faces impeachment proceedings
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- PANAMA: Government seeks to assuage mining concerns
- In brief: El Salvador
Mexico
- MEXICO: Ebrard downplays US border threat
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- ARGENTINA: Massa launches his presidential pre-candidacy
- In brief: Chile
On 2 April, Venezuela’s national constituent assembly (ANC) voted in favour of subjecting the opposition leader and self-proclaimed interim president, Juan Guaidó, to prosecution for having violated a court order banning him from leaving the country.
LatinNews Daily - 02 April 2019
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- URUGUAY: Vázquez faces military and institutional crisis
Andean
- VENEZUELA: Supreme court steps up pressure on Guaidó
- In brief: Peru
Brazil
- BRAZIL: NGOs warn against Amazon deforestation
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- GUATEMALA: TSE revokes Aldana’s candidacy
- In brief: Nicaragua
Mexico
- MEXICO: López Obrador keeps his cool over US threat to close border
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- In brief: Uruguay
On 1 April, Uruguay’s President Tabaré Vázquez dismissed his defence minister, the commander of the army, and placed into early retirement five army generals over revelations that they failed to punish former army officers who confessed to the killing and disappearing of individuals during the military dictatorship (1973-1985).
LatinNews Daily - 01 April 2019
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- NORTHERN TRIANGLE: Trump makes good on his threat
Andean
- VENEZUELA: Impromptu protests over electricity outages
- In brief: Bolivia
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Bolsonaro deepens ties with Israel but cancels embassy move
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- In brief: Costa Rica
Mexico
- MEXICO: Another public consultation marked by rejection
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- URUGUAY: Election campaign takes early twist
- In brief: Uruguay
Washington Watch
- Nielsen chairs meeting in Central America
On 31 March, Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief-of-staff, told US news channel CNN that the US administration led by President Donald Trump is cutting off aid to Central America's 'Northern Triangle' countries (El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras).