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LatinNews Daily - 05 October 2018
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Development: On 4 October, a final televised debate between presidential candidates marked the end of radio and TV campaigning for the first round of Brazil’s presidential election, to take place on 7 October.... Read More
Andean
Development: On 4 October Peru’s national congress voted in favour of dismissing Supreme Court Justice César Hinostroza and banning him from holding public office for 10 years.... Read More
* Colombia’s finance ministry (Minhacienda) has announced that it has successfully placed US$2bn in sovereign bonds in international markets.... Read More
Brazil
* Brazil’s automobile manufacturers’ association (Anfavea) has revealed new projections for the automotive industry, forecasting a total of 2.54m newly licensed vehicles for 2018, a 13.7% increase on last year.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
* Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega has announced six new development projects financed by Taiwan (although he failed to specify the levels of investment).... Read More
Development: On 4 October the US Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) alerted US financial institutions to “the increasing risk that proceeds of political corruption from Nicaragua may enter or traverse the US financial system”.... Read More
Mexico
Development: On 4 October another mass grave was discovered in Mexico, this time in the western state of Jalisco.... Read More
* Pemex Comercio Internacional (PMI), the commercial arm of Mexico’s state-owned oil firm Pemex, has announced that its public tender for the provision of 350,000 barrels of Light Louisiana Sweet (LLS) crude oil had no response.... Read More
Southern Cone
Development: On 4 October over 30,000 people marched in Chile’s capital, Santiago, on the second day of protests called by the teachers’ organisation, Colegio de Profesores.... Read More
* Argentina’s national statistics institute (Indec) has released the latest instalment of its monthly industrial activity estimator (EMI), which shows that domestic industrial activity fell by 5.6% year-on-year in August.... Read More
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- In brief: Mexico
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