LatinNews Regional Monitor: Mexico - 2 July 2018

Development: On 1 July, three of the four presidential candidates running in Mexico’s general election held that day conceded defeat and recognised Andrés Manuel López Obrador of the leftist Movimiento Regeneración Nacional (Morena) party as the winner of the presidential election.... Read More

Development: On 1 July, Ecuador’s former president Rafael Correa (2007-2017) was formally charged with being the intellectual author of the botched kidnapping of a former opposition deputy, Fernando Balda, in August 2012.... Read More

* Mexico’s state news agency Notimex has cited Mexican bank, Banco Base, as forecasting that the exchange rate will continue to strengthen and oscillate between M$19.70/US$1 and M$20.30/US$1 over the next few days as the candidates in the 1 July presidential election have recognised the victory of Andrés Manuel López Obrador of the leftist Movimiento Regeneración Nacional (Morena) party.... Read More