LatinNews Daily - 05 September 2018

Development: On 4 September Guatemala’s President Jimmy Morales barred the re-entry into the country of Iván Velásquez, the director of the United Nations (UN)-backed International Commission against impunity in Guatemala (Cicig). Velásquez had left Guatemala on 2 September for meetings in the US.... Read More

Development: On 4 September representatives from 11 Latin American governments concluded a two-day gathering in Quito, Ecuador, with an 18-point declaration on the Venezuelan migrant crisis.... Read More

Peru: The foreign trade & tourism ministry (Mincetur) has released figures showing that Peru’s exports were worth US$28bn in January-July, representing an 18% increase over the same period last year.... Read More

Development: On 4 September, the lawyers of Brazil’s former president Lula da Silva (2003-2011) presented an appeal before the supreme court (STF) to void a recent ruling by the country’s supreme electoral court (TSE) that bars Lula from running as a presidential candidate in the 7 October general election.... Read More

* Márcio Portocarrero, the executive director of Brazil’s national association of cotton producers (Abrapa), has said that the country could become the world’s second exporter of cotton lint in the 2018-2019 harvest.... Read More

Costa Rica: The Costa Rican government led by President Carlos Alvarado has unveiled plans to boost the small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) sector.... Read More

Development: On 4 September Mexico’s President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador told the local press that he will retrain members of the federal security forces to carry out public security work as part of his new national security policy.... Read More

* Following a unanimous vote, Mexico’s federal senate has approved a package of austerity measures that will reduce its running costs by 30%.... Read More

Development: On 4 September Uruguay’s industry, energy & mining minister, Carolina Cosse, said that Uruguay is “shielded” against the current economic instability in the region and that its economy will not suffer any “severe fluctuations” as a result.... Read More

Argentina: Credit Suisse, the international investment bank, has released a new report in which it says that the economic measures recently announced by the government led by President Mauricio Macri to deal with Argentina’s currency crisis are “generally positive”.... Read More