LatinNews Daily - 04 December 2018

Development: On 3 December Ecuador’s President Lenín Moreno announced that he was relieving Vice President María Alejandra Vicuña of her duties so that she could concentrate on fighting the corruption allegations brought against her.... Read More

* Colombia’s national statistics agency (Dane) has released its latest export figures, which show that Colombian exports increased by 15.8% year-on-year in October 2018.... Read More

Development: On 3 December, Brazil’s future chief-of-staff and head of the government transition team, Onyx Lorenzoni, confirmed that the labour ministry will no longer exist in the incoming government led by President-elect Jair Bolsonaro.... Read More

* According to the latest trade figures released by the ministry for industry, foreign trade and services (MDIC), Brazil recorded a trade surplus of US$51.7bn in the 11 months up to November 2018.... Read More

Development: On 3 December Costa Rica’s 57-member unicameral national legislature approved a fiscal reform.... Read More

* China’s President Xi Jinping has paid his first ever visit to Panama since the two countries forged diplomatic ties in June 2017, following Panama’s decision to break diplomatic ties with Taiwan.... Read More

Development: On 3 December the government led by Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador set in motion its 2018-2024 ‘peace and security plan’.... Read More

* Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has announced that his administration will maintain the trust fund set up to finance the new Mexico City international airport project (NAIM).... Read More

Development: On 4 December Chile’s presidential spokesperson Cecilia Pérez expressed government support for Hermes Soto, the director of the Carabineros militarised police.... Read More

* Uruguay has signed an agreement which will allow it to export meat, maize, and barley to China.... Read More