LatinNews Regional Monitor: Caribbean & Central America - 15 August 2018

Development: On 14 August Panama’s attorney general Kenia Porcell called on the interim president of the supreme court (CSJ) Hernán De León to file a formal complaint regarding claims that he had been blackmailed.... Read More

Ecuador: ProEcuador, a government body responsible for promoting trade and investment, has revealed that Ecuador received US$6.39bn from non-petroleum exports in the first half of the year, a 4.25% increase over the same period in 2017.... Read More

Nicaragua: Nicaragua’s 92-member unicameral national legislature, which is controlled by the ruling Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) party, has approved the proposal put forward by President Daniel Ortega to cut the 2018 state budget by 9.2% - the steepest cut seen since President Ortega took office in 2007.... Read More