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LatinNews Daily - 08 May 2018
Main Briefing
Development: On 7 May the secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, called on OAS member countries to impose economic sanctions on Venezuela to end the “dictatorship” led by President Nicolás Maduro and “rescue” the Venezuelan people.... Read More
Andean
Colombia: Colombia’s high commissioner for peace, Rodrigo Rivera, has confirmed that the peace negotiating team from the Ejército de Libración Nacional (ELN) guerrillas has arrived in Havana, Cuba, to set up a new peace dialogue table.... Read More
Brazil
Development: On 7 May, supreme court (STF) judge Luís Roberto Barroso extended an investigation into whether Brazil's President Michel Temer approved a ports decree in exchange for bribes.... Read More
*An operating company for Viracopos, the second-biggest cargo airport in Brazil located in the municipality of Campinas, São Paulo state, has filed for bankruptcy.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
Development: On 7 May Honduras’s President Juan Orlando Hernández announced the launch of a “diplomatic offensive” to secure “migration regularisation” for Hondurans in the US currently protected by the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) benefit.... Read More
Guatemala: Guatemala’s central bank (Banguat) has released new figures which show remittance inflows reached US$2.79bn in the first four months of 2018.... Read More
Mexico
Development: On 7 May the bodies of two electoral candidates were found in Mexico's northern border state of Chihuahua.... Read More
*Exiting the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) could result in up to 128,000 job losses for the US over the next three years, according to a study carried out by consultancy company AT Kearney for the US's National Retail Federation (NRF).... Read More
Southern Cone
Development: On 4 May Chile’s finance minister, Felipe Larraín, announced a US$4.6bn cut in public sector spending for 2018-2021.... Read More
Chile: Chile’s central bank (BCCh) has released new figures which show the country’s exports reached US$6.35bn in April, up from US$5.1bn the same month last year.... Read More
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