LatinNews Daily - 09 April 2019

On 8 April, Luis Almagro, the secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), tweeted about the “importance of ensuring transparency” in Guatemala's June general elections and expressed hopes that the electoral authorities (TSE) “will be allowed to work without the influence of external factors including” the United Nations (UN)-backed International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (Cicig).... Read More

On 8 April, Colombia’s lower chamber of congress rejected President Iván Duque’s partial veto of the statutory law regulating the transitional justice system (JEP), the cornerstone of the peace accord signed with the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Farc) guerrillas.... Read More

* Peru’s economy minister Carlos Oliva has announced plans for the development of a commercial area that will pave the way for Chinese telecommunications company Huawei to open a factory in the country.... Read More

On 8 April, Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro announced the appointment of Abraham Weintraub as education minister, in replacement of Ricardo Vélez Rodríguez.... Read More

* According to Brazil’s central bank’s (BCB) latest Focus bulletin, based upon financial institutions’ forecasts for the country’s principal economic indicators, GDP growth is now projected to reach 1.97% in 2019, down from projections of 2.28% four weeks earlier.... Read More

* According to El Salvador’s central bank (BCR) net foreign direct investment (FDI) to El Salvador totalled US$839.6m in 2018.... Read More

On 8 April, the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, assured Mexican senators that her office, the OHCHR, will accompany the process of establishing the secondary legislation relating to the creation of the national guard.... Read More

* A local think-tank, the centre for economic studies of the private sector (CEESP), has warned that the decline in economic activity has resulted in a cautious environment that has begun to influence productive investment flows in Mexico.... Read More

On 8 April, Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri said that Argentines need to have the courage to maintain the current course to get the country out of its current economic crisis.... Read More

* The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board has concluded the third review of Argentina’s economic performance under the Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) approved on 20 June 2018.... Read More