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Weekly Report - 03 August 2017 (WR-17-30)
BRAZIL: Army sent in to Rio (again)
On 28 July the federal government announced it was sending in just over 10,000 extra security personnel to combat crime and violence in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Defence Minister Raul Jungmann said the reinforcements consist of 8,500 members of the armed forces, 620 members of the elite national security force, and 1,120 officers of the federal highway police.
- Maduro readies constituent assembly, ignoring fraud allegations
- COLOMBIA: Judiciary delivers landmark conviction
- PERU: Kuczynski conducts mini cabinet reshuffle
- TRACKING TRENDS
- BRAZIL: Army sent in to Rio (again)
- BRAZIL: Temer dodges the bullet
- ARGENTINA: Macri faces threat of Kirchnerista comeback
- CHILE: Crisis in Christian Democrats
- TRACKING TRENDS
- MEXICO: Still at cross-purposes?
- MEXICO: López Obrador accuses PRIAN of skulduggery
- TRACKING TRENDS
- HONDURAS: Doubts surround electoral process
- TRACKING TRENDS
- Eduardo Crawley
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