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LatinNews Daily - 17 June 2019
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- GUATEMALA: Preliminary results show Torres ahead as Guatemala heads for run-off
Andean
- VENEZUELA: International community seeks common ground on crisis
- In brief: Colombia
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Head of state development bank resigns
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- In brief: El Salvador
Mexico
- MEXICO: Shake up in migration institute leadership
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- ARGENTINA: Gov’t looks for electoral optimism amid electricity blackout
- In brief: Chile
Washington Watch
- Brazil ignores US call to ban Huawei
On 17 June, Guatemala’s electoral court (TSE) released preliminary results from the general election which took place the previous day.
LatinNews Daily - 14 June 2019
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- GUATEMALA: Another top electoral official takes leave ahead of election
Andean
- COLOMBIA: Defence minister survives censure vote in congress
- In brief: Venezuela
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Gov’t suffers third dismissal as country faces national strike
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- In brief: El Salvador
Mexico
- MEXICO: Ebrard faces criticism for immigration policies
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- CHILE: Piñera revamps cabinet in bid to recapture growth
- In brief: Argentina
On 13 June, Leopoldo Guerra, the director of the electoral authority (TSE)’s citizens’ registry in Guatemala, announced he was taking leave for 15 days for “health reasons”.
LatinNews Daily - 13 June 2019
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- HAITI: Moïse breaks his silence
Andean
- VENEZUELA: Judiciary targets more opposition deputies
- In brief: Ecuador
Brazil
- BRAZIL: New ‘Lava Jato’ leaks implicate supreme court
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- In brief: Panama
Mexico
- MEXICO: Working against the clock to stem illegal migration from Central America
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- URUGUAY: Political backlash over ILO blacklist
- In brief: Argentina
On 12 June, at an event marking the 24th anniversary of the creation of the national police (PNd’H), Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse insisted that he was not corrupt, adding that anyone who faced accusations of misusing public funds should present themselves before the courts.
LatinNews Daily - 12 June 2019
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- ARGENTINA: Electoral race shaken up by Macri’s choice of running mate
Andean
- PERU: First Odebrecht sentence handed down
- In brief: Ecuador
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Win for gov’t as congress approves release of funds
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- NICARAGUA: Government frees more political prisoners
- In brief: Dominican Republic
Mexico
- MEXICO: Student’s murder becomes political matter
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- In brief: Paraguay
On 11 June, Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri announced that his vice-presidential running mate in the 27 October general will be Miguel Ángel Pichetto, the leader of the main opposition Partido Justicialista (PJ, Peronists) in the federal senate.
LatinNews Daily - 11 June 2019
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- NICARAGUA: New amnesty law proves contentious
Andean
- BOLIVIA: Opposition stages electoral protests
- In brief: Ecuador
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Revelations on ‘Lava Jato’ taskforce divide country
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- In brief: Honduras
Mexico
- MEXICO: Government denies secret deal with US
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- ARGENTINA: Macri gets sign of support from Colombia’s Duque
- In brief: Paraguay
On 10 June, the Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) government led by Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega said it had released 50 political prisoners under a new amnesty law.
LatinNews Daily - 10 June 2019
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- MEXICO: US tariffs avoided in diplomatic win for López Obrador
Andean
- VENEZUELA: Maduro orders partial re-opening of border with Colombia
- In brief: Bolivia
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Leaked material puts integrity of ‘Lava Jato’ probe in doubt
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- HAITI: Deadly protests calling for Moïse to quit
- In brief: Nicaragua
Mexico
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- ARGENTINA: Macri’s Cambiemos gets on the board in election contests
- In brief: Chile
Washington Watch
- US restores Cuba travel restrictions
On 7 June, the US and Mexican governments issued a joint declaration announcing that they had reached a new agreement over reducing illegal migration across the Mexico-US border and that, as a result, the US would desist from imposing tariffs on Mexican imports as had been threatened by President Donald Trump.
LatinNews Daily - 7 June 2019
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- BRAZIL: Bolsonaro backs Mercosur during meeting with Macri in Argentina
Andean
- VENEZUELA: Putin maintains strong support for Maduro
- In brief: Peru
Brazil
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- EL SALVADOR: Human rights concerns over Bukele’s appointments
- In brief: Costa Rica
Mexico
- MEXICO: Deploying troops to border to try to appease the US
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- URUGUAY: Vázquez gives evidence in Gavazzo case
- In brief: Chile
On 6 June, Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro paid a state visit to Argentina, where he held a bilateral meeting with his Argentine counterpart President Mauricio Macri.
LatinNews Daily - 6 June 2019
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- PERU: Congress yields to Vizcarra
Andean
- In brief: Colombia
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Alarm raised over Amazon deforestation
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- EL SALVADOR: Bukele moves against his predecessor
- In brief: Dominican Republic
Mexico
- MEXICO: Little headway made to temper tariff threat
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- URUGUAY: Planned general strike could upset primaries
- In brief: Chile
On 5 June, Peru’s national congress voted in favour of a motion of confidence in the current cabinet led by Prime Minister Salvador del Solar and agreed to debate and approve some of the political reform proposals promoted by President Martín Vizcarra.
LatinNews Daily - 5 June 2019
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- HAITI: Moïse faces renewed calls to resign over corruption
Andean
- ECUADOR: Moreno fills two key cabinet positions
- In brief: Ecuador
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Show of cross-party unity from concerned former ministers
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- In brief: Costa Rica
Mexico
- MEXICO: López Obrador gives G20 the cold shoulder
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- URUGUAY: PN denounces “dirty campaigning”
- In brief: Argentina
On 4 June, the ‘Petrochallenge’ anti-corruption movement announced new protests to take place on 9 June calling for Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse to step down.
LatinNews Daily - 4 June 2019
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- HONDURAS: Hernández fails to placate unions as strikes continue
Andean
- VENEZUELA: Is Russia pulling military out?
- In brief: Bolivia
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Gov’t agenda advances in congress, slowly
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- In brief: El Salvador
Mexico
- MEXICO: President continues to seek dialogue over US tariffs threat
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- CHILE: Teachers give Piñera no respite
- In brief: Uruguay
On 3 June, the platform for the defence of health and education (PDSE) announced that protests would continue in Honduras.
LatinNews Daily - 3 June 2019
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- MEXICO: Morena pulverises PAN in boost for López Obrador
Andean
- PERU: Vizcarra offers to give up his immunity
- In brief: Venezuela
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Questions raised over STF decision to postpone votes
- In brief: Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- EL SALVADOR: Bukele takes office
- In brief: Honduras
Mexico
- In brief: Mexico
Southern Cone
- CHILE: Piñera delivers his second state-of-the-nation address
- In brief: Argentina
Washington Watch
- Only thing to discuss with Maduro is “conditions of his departure”
On 2 June, Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador received a huge fillip as his left-wing Movimiento Regeneración Nacional (Morena) won the state governorships of Puebla and Baja California (BC), crushing the right-wing Partido Acción Nacional (PAN) in two of its traditional bastions, according to preliminary results released by the national electoral institute (INE).