LatinNews Daily - 18 September 2018

Development: On 17 September the Guatemalan government led by President Jimmy Morales announced that it would not permit the re-entry to the country of Iván Velásquez, the director of the United Nations (UN)-backed International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (Cicig).... Read More

Development: On 17 September the secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, urged the international community not to stand by and watch Venezuela sink into an ever-more serious humanitarian crisis, while promising “to keep fighting against the dictatorship anywhere, anyhow, until it falls”.... Read More

* Peru and the European Union (EU) have signed a convention according to which the EU will provide €12m (US$14m) to support Peru’s fight against the drug trade and organised crime through the training of professionals and the facilitation of institutional cooperation.... Read More

Development: On 17 September, Brazil’s centre-right presidential candidate Geraldo Alckmin, of the Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira (PSDB), warned against divisive populism in Brazil during a press conference with foreign journalists in the capital, Brasília.... Read More

* Brazil’s central bank (BCB) has released the latest figures fromi its monthly economic activity index (IBC-Br), which show that economic activity increased by 0.57% in July compared to June.... Read More

* Costa Rican unionists have agreed to allow the Catholic Church to mediate in the ongoing dispute with the Partido Acción Ciudadana (PAC) government led by President Carlos Alvarado over the latter’s fiscal reform proposal.... Read More

Development: On 17 September Mexico’s President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador promised demonstrators that his incoming government will hold a public consultation on whether the ‘Los Cardones’ gold mine project should be developed.... Read More

* Mexico’s energy regulatory commission (CRE), the federal agency in charge of regulating the electricity and natural gas markets, has approved operating licenses for two new firms seeking to distribute liquified petroleum gas (LPG) in Baja California and Baja California Sur states.... Read More

Development: On 17 September Argentina’s former president, Cristina Fernández (2007-2015), was charged with leading a corruption network linked to the award of public works contracts.... Read More

* Uruguay’s industry, energy & mining minister, Carolina Cosse, has announced that the government has approved new tax regulations allowing individuals and organisations to claim exemption from paying import tax on certain electronic and robotic goods.... Read More