LatinNews Daily - 19 September 2018

Development: On 18 September Costa Rica’s foreign trade minister Dyalá Jiménez told reporters that a planned visit by President Carlos Alvarado to the US to shore up investment had been postponed.... Read More

Development: On 18 September Peru’s national congress unanimously approved the proposed complete reform of the national magistrates’ council (CNM) tabled by the government led by President Martín Vizcarra.... Read More

* Colombia’s mining & energy ministry (Minminas) has reported that national oil production reached 866,480 barrels per day (bpd) in August, a 0.7% month-on-month increase and a 0.9% year-on-year increase.... Read More

Development: On 18 September, Fernando Haddad, the presidential candidate for the Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) in Brazil’s 7 October general election, said that if elected he would not grant a presidential pardon to former president Lula da Silva (2003-2011) who is currently serving a 12-year prison sentence for corruption upheld on appeal.... Read More

* Public and private entities of Brazil’s aerospace industry have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to reinforce cooperation in the country’s civil aviation sector, considered a key driver of social and economic development.... Read More

* Guatemala’s agriculture & livestock ministry (Maga) has announced that it will assign Q300m (US$39m) for the purchase of food over a three-month period for 297,224 families living in the so-called ‘Dry Corridor’ (a tropical dry forest region on the Pacific side of Central America) which has been hit by drought.... Read More

Development: On 18 September residents of Tlapa de Comonfort in Mexico’s Guerrero state marched in protest at the lack of progress in finding the mayor-elect of the nearby town of Cochoapa el Grande, Daniel Esteban González, who disappeared on 2 September along with his driver Juventino García Rojas.... Read More

* Mexico’s environmental & natural resources ministry (Semarnat) has announced that Mexico will launch the pilot phase of the Americas’ carbon market in 2019, with the aim of having the market fully operational by 2022.... Read More

Development: On 18 September the local press reported that national senators from Argentina’s main opposition Partido Justicialista (PJ, Peronists) are pushing for the approval of a bill that would limit the level of foreign debt that can be incurred by the government.... Read More

* Paraguay’s finance minister, Benigno López, has outlined the government’s draft 2019 budget to the national congress.... Read More