Latinnews Daily - 20 October 2017

* President Michel Temer allegedly promised former deputy Valdemar Costa Neto that he would take Congonhas airport (São Paulo) off the list of public sector assets up for privatisation. In return, Temer asked Neto for support ahead of a vote in the chamber of deputies about whether he should be put on trial, according to local daily Folha de São Paulo. Although Neto no longer works in congress (he was jailed for passive corruption and money laundering in 2012), he is still influential there. Neto’s right-wing Partido da República has 39 out of 513 seats in the chamber of deputies.

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