LatinNews Daily - 11 September 2018

Development: In an interview broadcast on 10 September, Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega explicitly ruled out any prospects of dialogue to address the crisis which began in mid-April stemming from his administration's crackdown on anti-government protesters.... Read More

Development: On 10 September Colombia’s President Iván Duque met his Panamanian counterpart Juan Carlos Varela to discuss trade and security cooperation among other issues.... Read More

Peru: Peru’s President Martín Vizcarra has announced the start of the construction of the US$1.6bn ‘Mina Justa’ copper mine in the southern coastal Ica region.... Read More

Development: On 10 September, 92 prisoners escaped from the Penitenciária de Segurança Máxima Romeu Gonçalves Abrantes (PB1), a high security prison in Brazil’s north-eastern city of João Pessoa, Paraíba state.... Read More

* Brazil’s federal government has announced the creation of a new agency dedicated to managing the country’s museums.... Read More

Costa Rica: The Costa Rican government led by President Carlos Alvarado has announced that 24 public institutions – including seven ministries - have filed complaints that a strike which took place on 10 September was illegal on the grounds that it did not follow the minimum requirements established by the labour code.... Read More

Development: On 10 September the coordinator of the left-wing Movimiento Regeneración Nacional (Morena) party in Mexico’s federal lower chamber of congress, Mario Delgado, announced spending cuts that he claimed would generate savings of M$409m (US$21.2m) over the course of the next three months leading up to the investiture of President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador on 1 December.... Read More

* Mexico’s principal liquified petroleum gas (LPG) distribution firms have said that an increase in gas theft is costing the state-owned oil firm Pemex and private distributors a combined M$1.1bn (US$57m) a month.... Read More

Development: On 10 September the Paraguayan government issued formal invitations to 70 political parties and movements inviting them to attend a meeting tomorrow (12 September) to discuss plans for a new electoral reform.... Read More

Uruguay: The director of Uruguay’s planning and budget office (OPP), Álvaro García, has said that the government has successfully concluded the second stage of negotiations with UPM, the Finnish firm, over the establishment of the firm’s second pulp mill in the country.... Read More