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Montevideo, April 18th 2019 - 18:48 UTC

Ex Peruvian president Alan Garcia shoots himself in the head
Alan García, twice president, 1985/1990 and 2006/2011 - shot himself in the head when he was to be arrested for his alleged links to the Odebrecht corruption case

Former Peruvian President Alan García was reported to have died on Wednesday after shooting himself in the head minutes before a warrant for his arrest was to be executed. Alan Gabriel Ludwig García Pérez, 69, was president of Peru from 1985 to 1990 and fr...

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Red Cross humanitarian aid begins to flow into Venezuela; first shipment was flown in from Panama
Bongioanni said this delivery of surgical equipment would be used to treat 10,000 people in an initial phase of a project expected to benefit 650,000 Venezuelans
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Bolton announces further crackdown on “the three stooges of socialism”
“The troika of tyranny — Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua — is beginning to crumble,” Bolton said in a hard-hitting speech near Miami
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Alan García dies after shooting himself before being arrested
Medical sources indicated that the initial medical part collected a traumatism by firearm on the right side of the head and he survived three hearth attacks during the surgery.
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Argentina's inflation 54.7% in 12-months; more monetary “contraction measures” and support from IMF
The recession-hit country's consumer prices rose 4.7% for the month, taking the quarter increase to 11.8%, and 54.7% in 12-month. INDEC said
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The Macri government has committed to not increasing the price of public services such as transport, gas and electricity for the rest of the year.

Macri announces freeze in the price of basic goods and in public services

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Last month the president of the court, Dias Toffoli, initiated a secretive investigation into ‘fake news’ and threats to the STF and its members

Transparency International blasts Brazilian Justice for violating freedom of expression

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Comments come as executives scramble to contain the fallout from the company’s cancellation on Friday of a diesel price hike at the behest of President Bolsonaro

Petrobras insists it is completely free of political interference and increases diesel price 10 cents

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In the first quarter of 2019, GDP resisted and even grew more than the average forecast of 12 analysts surveyed who expected 6.3%.

China's growth stabilizes 6.4% year-on-year in first quarter

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