LatinNews Daily - 14 September 2018

Development: On 13 September the Costa Rican government led by President Carlos Alvarado announced it was establishing a commission to investigate acts of violence which took place the previous day at the public Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR) campus in the capital, San José.... Read More

Development: On 13 September several thousand supporters of Ecuador’s former president Rafael Correa (2007-2017) demonstrated in the centre of Quito to protest against the economic austerity policies being implemented by the government led by his successor President Lenín Moreno.... Read More

* Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro has arrived in China on an official visit, where he is to meet with Chinese government officials.... Read More

Development: On 13 September, Brazil’s left-wing presidential candidates, Ciro Gomes and Fernando Haddad, both spoke of Brazil as playing a mediator role in the regional crisis produced by the large-scale Venezuelan migration.... Read More

* Brazil’s mines & energy ministry has authorised the installation of 25 ‘clean energy’ electricity generation plants in the states of Ceará, Bahia, Minas Gerais, and Mato Grosso.... Read More

Guatemala: President Jimmy Morales has promoted deputy finance minister, Víctor Manuel Martínez Ruiz, to head up the portfolio.... Read More

Development: On 13 September the Mexican government was forced to deny that it had accepted a proposal reportedly made by its US counterpart under which the US would pay Mexico a lump sum in exchange for the expulsion of undocumented migrants from its territory so as to prevent them from entering the US.... Read More

* Mexico’s economy minister, Ildefonso Guajardo, has said that Mexico cannot rule out the possibility of having a bilateral trade agreement with the US given that next week is effectively the deadline for Canada to join the renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta).... Read More

Development: On 13 September it was reported that Argentina’s main opposition Partido Justicialista (PJ, Peronists) has sent a letter to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) asking it not to agree to give the Argentine government additional funds to finance its 2019 budget, as requested.... Read More

Uruguay: Uruguay’s central bank (BCU) has released economic growth figures for the second quarter of the year, which show that GDP grew by 2.5% in April-June compared to the same period last year, and by 0.2% in seasonally adjusted terms compared to the first quarter.... Read More