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Latinnews Daily - 12 January 2018

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Development: On 11 January, the value of the Mexican peso against the US dollar fell sharply in currency markets in Mexico amid growing speculation that US President Donald Trump is preparing to announce the US’s withdrawal from the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta).... Read More
Andean
Development: On 11 January, an estimated 19,000 people participated in nationwide protests in Peru to condemn President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski’s pardon of former president Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000).... Read More
Peru: The central bank (BCRP) has released its latest inflation figures which show this was 1.36% at the end of 2017 – within the BCRP’s 1%-3% target range and the lowest inflation rate recorded in the country for the last eight years.... Read More
Brazil
Development: On 11 January, international credit ratings agency Standard and Poor’s (S&P) downgraded Brazil’s credit rating as President Michel Temer’s fiscal reforms begin to lose momentum.... Read More
* Shares in Eletrobras, Brazil’s state-owned electricity firm, fell after a local federal judge suspended an emergency decree to privatise the company.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
Development: On 11 January, Guatemala’s 158-member unicameral legislature approved a motion convening the committee tasked with drawing up a list of candidates to replace the current head of the attorney general's office (AG) Thelma Aldana, whose four-year term ends in May.... Read More
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Mexico
* Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), the US-Italian automobile producer, has announced plans to move its Ram Heavy Duty pick-up production line from Mexico to the US.... Read More
Southern Cone
Development: On 11 January, a group of agricultural producers announced a 'tractorazo' (tractorcade) in three of Uruguay’s departments on 14 and 15 January.... Read More
Argentina: Argentina’s national statistics agency (Indec) has reported that consumer prices rose to an annualised rate of 24.8% in 2017, overshooting the central bank (BCRA)’s inflation target of 17%.... Read More

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