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LatinNews Daily - 17 August 2018
Main Briefing
Development: On 16 August, one day after the deadline to register candidacies with the electoral court (TSE), campaigning in the streets and online began for Brazil’s 7 October general election, described as the country’s most uncertain in recent history.... Read More
Andean
Development: On 16 August Colombia’s President Iván Duque presented a 100-day security plan to crack down on inner city crime.... Read More
Bolivia: Bolivia’s state-run oil company (YPFB) has signed an agreement with the Bolivian subsidiary of Argentina’s state-run oil firm (YPF) to conduct a study on the hydrocarbon potential of the Sauce Mayu area in Bolivia’s southern Chuquisaca department.... Read More
Brazil
* A regional court in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro state has suspended the sell-off of four distribution units of the state-owned electricity company Eletrobras.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
Development: On 16 August, the head of Panama’s beleaguered social security fund (CSS), Dr Alfredo Martiz, announced that he will be leaving the post on 1 September.... Read More
Honduras: Honduras’s central bank (BCH) has revised down its economic growth projections for the 2018-2019 period from a range of 3.8%-4.2% to 3.6%-4%.... Read More
Mexico
Development: On 16 August, Mexico’s President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced that agronomist Víctor Villalobos will head the country’s agriculture, livestock, fishing & rural development ministry (Sagarpa) in his new government, which takes office on 1 December.... Read More
* Mexico’s central bank (Banxico) has warned that some of the economic policies proposed by President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador could have negative consequences and lead to increased inflation and a sharp economic slowdown in the medium term.... Read More
Southern Cone
Development: On 16 August Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri said that his government will not protect anyone who acts outside of the law, and he urged business leaders to denounce any public official that solicits a bribe.... Read More
Argentina: An Argentine federal court has upheld a lower court ruling that suspends compensation payments demanded by Odebrecht, the Brazilian engineering firm, from the Argentine government over breach of contract.... Read More
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