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Weekly Report - 24 August 2017 (WR-17-33)
VENEZUELA: Ortega goes for the jugular
The sacked attorney general, Luisa Ortega Díaz, has fled Venezuela, claiming persecution and fears for her life. From Colombia and Brazil, she has started to identify senior Venezuelan government officials suspected of corruption, including President Nicolás Maduro himself. Her claims have the potential to cause a severe headache for Maduro, not least because it may give the US further reason to expand sanctions.
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- VENEZUELA: Ortega goes for the jugular
- PERU: Kuczynski admits his “biggest failure” to date
- ECUADOR: Oil industry ignites Moreno-Correa tension
- ARGENTINA: Macri untroubled by labour protest
- BRAZIL: Eletrobras privatisation moves the markets
- BRAZIL-PARAGUAY: Cartes touches down in Brazil
- CUBA: Cuba still pushing to get fallow lands to work
- NICARAGUA: Gearing up for November municipals
- GUATEMALA: Renewed calls for anti-gang legislation
- Chile leaves rapidly diminishing club
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