LatinNews Daily Report - 23 July 2014

Development: On 22 July Peru’s President Ollanta Humala accepted the resignation of his prime minister, René Cornejo.... Read More

Development: On 22 July Mario Centellas, the national director of Bolivia’s special anti-drugs unit (Felcn), announced a renewed police effort to prevent coca from the two authorised markets - Villa Fátima and Sabaca - being diverted to illegal markers.... Read More

Development: On 22 July Brazil’s national statistics agency (Ibge) released its latest inflation data forecast, which showed that inflation slowed more than expected in July.... Read More

Development: On 22 July representatives from the construction workers’ union, Unión Nacional de Trabajadores de la Industria de la Construcción y Similares (Untraics), met representatives from the construction consortium comprising Mexico’s Ingenieros Civiles Asociados (ICA), Spain’s Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas (FCC) and Costa Rica’s Meco, looking to reach an agreement to end a strike that began on 21 July and which is affecting the Panama Canal expansion plan.... Read More

Development: On 22 July the Mexico’s foreign ministry (SRE) expressed “concern” at the decision, announced a day earlier, by Texas governor Rick Perry to send in 1,000 US National Guard troops to reinforce the border.... Read More

Development: On 22 July New York Judge Thomas Griesa again rejected Argentina’s request for a stay of execution on his order for the country to pay its ‘holdout’ creditors and instructed all parties to meet “continuously” to seek a settlement.... Read More

For a short spell in early June it seemed that relations between Honduras and the US were on the mend.... Read More