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LatinNews Daily - 06 August 2018

Main Briefing
Development: On 5 August Venezuela’s armed forces (FANB) issued a statement declaring its “unrestricted loyalty” to President Nicolás Maduro.... Read More
Andean
Bolivia: The latest figures released by a local private sector lobby, IBCE, show that Bolivia’s exports in the first half of 2018 totalled US$4.3bn, up 18% compared with the same period in 2017 while imports were up 5% to reach US$4.6bn.... Read More
Brazil
Development: On 4 August former president Lula da Silva (2003-2011) was confirmed by the Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) party as its presidential candidate in Brazil’s 7 October general election, with former mayor of São Paulo, Fernando Haddad, announced as his running mate the following day.... Read More
* Brazil’s state-owned oil firm, Petrobras, has announced that it has posted net profits of R$17.03bn (US$4.53bn) in the first half of the year, a 257% year-on-year increase.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
Development: On 5 August Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse said he had chosen Jean-Henry Céant as his next prime minister.... Read More
Guatemala: In the face of continued drought, Guatemala’s agriculture minister, Mario Méndez Montenegro, has ordered staff to visit affected regions and measure crop losses.... Read More
Mexico
Development: On 5 August Mexico’s national human rights commission (CNDH) alleged human rights violations against eight people, including five minors, by the federal police (PF) in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas state.... Read More
* Mexico’s economy minister, Ildefonso Guajardo, has said that following the meetings between Mexican and US government officials to discuss the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) last week, the two sides have “practically resolved” 20 of the 30 pending issues in the negotiations.... Read More
Southern Cone
Development: On 3 August a former executive director of the Spanish-founded construction and energy firm Isolux Corsán, Juan Carlos de Goycoechea, admitted paying “contributions” to electoral campaigns during the Kirchnerista governments of the late president Néstor Kirchner (2003-2007) and his wife and successor Cristina Fernández (2007-2015).... Read More
Uruguay: According to the most recent survey of economic experts’ expectations by El Observador, a national daily, Uruguay’s GDP growth is forecast at 2.1% for 2018 and 2.6% for 2019, less than the 2.3% and 2.7% forecast in June 2018, respectively.... Read More
Washington Watch
Guatemala: On 27 July US Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Carl Risch met Guatemala’s deputy foreign minister, Pablo García Sáenz, to discuss the reunification of irregular migrant families separated at the Mexico-US border.... Read More

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