LatinNews Daily - 10 April 2019

On 9 April, the Organization of American States (OAS) approved a resolution in which it recognises Gustavo Tarre Briceño as an official representative of Venezuela to the OAS.... Read More

* Chilean airline Sky, has started offering low-cost flights on seven domestic routes in Peru.... Read More

On 9 April, environmental NGO Greenpeace Brasil published a note warning against the “environmental setbacks” that President Jair Bolsonaro’s government is causing in Brazil.... Read More

* The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has released its April 2019 World Economic Update, in which it projects that Brazil’s GDP will grow 2.1% in 2019.... Read More

On 9 April, Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse confirmed that interim Prime Minister Jean Michel Lapin was his permanent choice for the post.... Read More

* Costa Rica’s national executive led by President Carlos Alvarado has presented a legislative initiative before the 57-member unicameral national legislature which would reform law No.... Read More

In a press release issued on 9 April, Mexico’s foreign ministry (SRE) said it had “taken note” of the decision by US District Court Judge Richard Seeborg to temporarily block the US government’s policy of returning some asylum-seekers to Mexico while they wait for a court appearance.... Read More

* Mexican bank BBVA Bancomer has presented its report on Mexico’s economic outlook for the second quarter of 2019, in which it describes state-owned oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) as the country’s greatest macroeconomic risk.... Read More

On 9 April, Uruguay’s new defence minister, José Bayardi, handed the transcript of the military tribunal containing the incendiary confessions of retired Lieutenant Colonel José Gavazzo to the senate defence commission.... Read More

* Chile’s national statistics institute (INE) has released new figures which show that national month-on-month inflation was 0.5% in March 2019, bringing the year-on-year rate to 2%.... Read More