LatinNews Daily - 08 April 2019

On 6 April, the de facto Venezuelan government announced that it would be filing legal appeals against the US government’s decision to impose economic sanctions on companies that transport Venezuelan oil to Cuba.... Read More

* Colombia’s President Iván Duque has announced an economic strategy to help those affected by the protests that have been taking place since 12 March in the southwestern department of Cauca.... Read More

On 7 April, Brazilian pollster Datafolha released the results of a survey conducted between 2 and 3 April, which show that, three months into his term, President Jair Bolsonaro has record levels of low approval ratings.... Read More

* Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has celebrated the successful auction of six port terminals in the northern state of Pará, five of which form part of Miramar port in Pará’s capital, Belém.... Read More

On 5 April, the Nicaraguan government led by President Daniel Ortega announced that 50 political prisoners would be transferred to house arrest.... Read More

* The Central American bank for economic integration (Cabei), a financial institution aimed at promoting the development of Central America, has approved two loans to Nicaragua totalling US$202m.... Read More

On 7 April, Elba Esther Gordillo, one of the most influential figures in Mexican politics over the past 30 years, confirmed that she will once again seek the leadership of Mexico’s main teachers’ union, the Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación (SNTE).... Read More

* Mexico’s tourism minister, Miguel Torruco Marqués, has said that the government led by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is forecasting investment of US$4.865bn in various projects for the tourism sector this year, to create 23,730 direct jobs.... Read More

On 7 April, it was announced that Uruguayan senator Verónica Alonso, from the opposition Partido Nacional (PN, Blancos), will step down as presidential pre-candidate and instead back business magnate Juan Sartori in the PN party primaries.... Read More

* According to the 2019 Doing Business report, a World Bank (WB) study which compares business regulation for domestic firms in 190 countries, companies in Argentina pay the second highest tax rates in the world.... Read More

Argentina: From 24-29 March, the US embassy in Argentina hosted a trade mission to the Southern Cone comprising US firms and organised by the US Department of Commerce.... Read More