LatinNews Daily - 13 September 2018

Development: On 12 September thousands of campesinos took to the streets in Guatemala’s capital, Guatemala City, calling for President Jimmy Morales to resign and in support of the United Nations (UN)-backed International Commission agasint Impunity in Guatemala (Cicig).... Read More

Development: On 12 September, the secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, arrived in Bogotá, Colombia, as part of a visit to assess the impact of the Venezuelan migrant crisis in the region.... Read More

Bolivia: Bolivia’s central bank (BCB) has released new figures which show that the coutnry posted a trade surplus of US$136m in the first seven months of 2018 due to increased volumes and more favourable terms of trade.... Read More

Development: On 12 September, Fernando Haddad, the newly designated presidential candidate of Brazil’s Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) in the 7 October general election, met with university students in the city of São Paulo as part of his electoral campaign.... Read More

* Brazil’s justice ministry’s consumer protection department (DPDC) has fined mobile telephone operators Oi, Claro, and Vivo R$9.3m (US$2.2m) for violating consumers’ rights.... Read More

Central America: The Guatemala-based think tank Central American institute of fiscal studies (Icefi) has released a new report which warns that political instability and a lack of long-term planning has limited the capacity of some Central American states to implement effective public policies.... Read More

Development: On 12 September a group of local police officers staged a demonstration in Guadalajara, the capital of Mexico’s Jalisco state, demanding increased protection against organised crime and better working conditions.... Read More

* Mexico’s state-run oil company Pemex has announced that it will save some M$30bn (US$1.5bn) by the end of 2018 due to strategic measures it has implemented.... Read More

Development: On 12 September thousands of people took part in separate protests in Argentina’s capital, Buenos Aires, in repudiation of the government’s economic policies.... Read More

Uruguay: Uruguay’s President Tabaré Vázquez has said that his government is “working” on more economic measures to counteract the potential negative effects that the ongoing currency crisis in Argentina could have on Uruguay’s domestic economy.... Read More