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LatinNews Daily - 26 February 2019

Main Briefing
On 25 February, Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse officially established a “dialogue facilitation” committee.... Read More
Andean
On 25 February, the Lima Group of Western Hemisphere nations held a meeting in Bogotá to evaluate the next steps to take to restore democracy in Venezuela after the efforts to bring humanitarian aid into the country were largely thwarted by the government led by Nicolás Maduro.... Read More
* Bolivia’s economy minister Luis Arce has told reporters that he is forecasting 4.5% economic growth and 4% inflation in 2019.... Read More
Brazil
On 25 February, the governor of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, Romeu Zema, approved a law which tightens regulations around mining activity in the state.... Read More
* Brazil’s central bank (BCB) has released figures which show that foreign direct invest (FDI) inflows to Brazil totalled US$5.9bn in January, a 29.8% decrease on the US$8.4bn FDI inflows in January 2018.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
* Alina Balseiro Gutiérrez, the president of Cuba’s national electoral commission, has presented preliminary results from the 24 February referendum on whether to approve or reject a new constitution.... Read More
Mexico
On 25 February, civil society groups opposed to the development of a new thermoelectric plant in Mexico’s Morelos state rejected the official result of the public consultation on the matter staged by the government led by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on procedural grounds and vowed to challenge it in the courts.... Read More
* Mexico’s central bank (Banxico) has released new figures which shows that the country’s current account balance in 2018 was a US$22.18bn deficit – equivalent to 1.8% of GDP.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 25 February, Senator Jorge Larrañaga of the centre-right opposition Partido Nacional (PN, Blancos) presented 405,521 signatures in support of his plans to hold a national referendum on a series of proposed constitutional changes aimed at improving public security in the country.... Read More
* In an interview with local radio ABC Cardinal, the director of Paraguay’s national civil aviation authority (Dinac), Édgar Melgarejo, said that works to expand Asunción’s 'Silvio Pettirossi' international airport should begin in 2020.... Read More

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