LatinNews Daily - 26 October 2018

Development: On 25 October, Brazilian pollster Datafolha released its latest public opinion poll, three days ahead of the presidential run-off vote on 28 October and two days before the official end of campaigning. ... Read More

Development: On 25 October Ecuador’s President Lenín Moreno received his Peruvian counterpart, Martín Vizcarra, on a state visit to “strengthen ties” between the two countries.... Read More

* Reuters, the international new agency, has reported that all activity at Cardón refinery, Venezuela’s second largest, is currently paralysed.... Read More

* Brazil’s central bank (BCB) has released the latest balance of payments figures, which reveal that Brazil recorded a current account surplus of US$32m in September 2018, a significant decrease on the US$423m surplus in September 2017.... Read More

Development: On 25 October Monsignor Silvio Báez, the auxiliary Catholic bishop of Managua, said he was the victim of a campaign of repression and harassment by the Nicaraguan government led by President Daniel Ortega.... Read More

* The presidents of Cuba and El Salvador, Miguel Díaz-Canel and Salvador Sánchez Cerén respectively, have held a meeting in Cuba during which they pledged to strengthen economic and trade cooperation.... Read More

Development: On 25 October a group of demonstrators opposed to the building of a completely new international airport for Mexico City (NAIM) staged a protest in Mexico City calling for people to vote against the project in the public consultation on the matter that began on the day. ... Read More

* Mexico’s deputy economy minister, Rogelio Garza, has said that the 25% import tariff on steel products recently introduced by Canada is affecting three Mexican steel producers.... Read More

Development: On 25 October Chile’s government spokesperson Cecilia Pérez said that over the “next few days” President Sebastián Piñera would present a new pension reform legislative initiative.... Read More

* Chile’s senate has approved plans to update and expand the country’s existing free trade agreement (FTA) with China.... Read More