Latinnews Daily - 24 January 2018

Development: On 23 January, Chile's president-elect Sebastián Piñera, of the opposition Chile Vamos coalition, unveiled his 23-member cabinet.... Read More

Development: On 23 January the national constituent assembly (ANC) convened by the Venezuelan government led by President Nicolás Maduro approved a decree ordering for the presidential election due this year to be held in the first quarter of the year.... Read More

Bolivia: President Evo Morales has named Alfredo Rada, the deputy minister for coordination with social movements, and Javier Zavaleta, a national deputy for the ruling Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) party, as his new ministers for the presidency and defence respectively.... Read More

Development: On 24 January, President Michel Temer will speak about Brazil’s economic and political landscape at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland.... Read More

* The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an NGO, has called on the Brazilian authorities to investigate the murders of journalists Jefferson Puerza Lopes and Ueliton Bayer Brizon and to bring the perpetrators to justice.... Read More

Development: On 23 January, the Universidad de Costa Rica’s centre for research and policy studies (Ciep) released its latest survey ahead of the 4 February general election which showed a 14-percentage point rise in the polls since the previous month for Christian evangelical pastor and presidential candidate, Fabricio Alvarado.... Read More

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Development: On 23 January, Mexico’s economy minister, Ildefonso Guajardo, said that the Mexican government was prepared to continue renegotiating the terms of the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) with its partners until after Mexico’s 1 July general election.... Read More

* The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that Mexico’s domestic economy will benefit from the recently approved tax reform in the US, leading it to post an economic growth rate above Latin America’s average this year.... Read More

Uruguay: Thousands of people took part in a protest march and sector-congress organised by independent agricultural producers - those not affiliated to any sector organisation and dubbed ‘autoconvocados’- in Uruguay’s central Durazno department.... Read More