LatinNews Daily - 14 June 2018

Development: On 13 June Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega announced that he would resume the national dialogue on 15 June with the opposition movement Alianza Cívica por la Justicia y la Democracia (which includes students, civil-society groups, and the private sector).... Read More

Development: On 13 June Delcy Rodríguez, the president of the national constituent assembly (ANC) convened by the Venezuelan government led by President Nicolás Maduro, announced the release of 45 individuals that had been imprisoned for taking part in recent anti-government protests.... Read More

Colombia: Colombia’s state-owned oil firm Ecopetrol has activated a contingency plan in Cantagallo municipality, Bolívar department, to contain an oil spill in the Magdalena river.... Read More

Development: On June 13 Brazilian financial daily Valor Econômico published a survey by Boa Vista SCPC showing that relatively few local businesses expect an economic boost from the Fifa World Cup that begins in Russia today (14 June).... Read More

*General Walter Braga Netto, the military commander in charge of the federal seucrity intervention that has been taking place in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro state since February 2018, announced that the withdrawal of the military from these duties would begin in October, with the whole process to be finished by June 2019.... Read More

Guatemala: Guatemala’s supreme electoral court (TSE) has ordered the cancellation of the party status of the ruling Frente de Convergencia Nacional (FCN-Nación) party for alleged illegal campaign financing in 2015.... Read More

Development: On 13 June Ricardo Anaya, the presidential candidate of Mexico’s Right-Left Por México al Frente opposition coalition in the 1 July general election, accused his rival from the Movimiento Regeneración Nacional (Morena) party, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, of awarding state contracts to friends during his time as Mexico City mayor.... Read More

*The Mexican peso traded at M$20.62/US$1 in the domestic currency market yesterday, marking a 16-month high exchange rate.... Read More

Development: On 13 June Uruguayan teachers’ unions staged marches in the capital, Montevideo, in protest at the government’s proposed state budget.... Read More

Argentina: The finance ministry has announced that it plans to use US$7.5bn of the US$50bn credit line it has obtained from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as part of a new Stand-By Agreement to sell US dollars in the domestic currency market in order to stabilise the value of the peso.... Read More