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LatinNews Daily - 11 April 2019

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On 10 April, a debate organised by the chamber of commerce (CCIAP) and electoral court (TE) took place between Panama’s seven presidential candidates.... Read More
Andean
On 10 April, Peru’s Prime Minister Salvador del Solar called for the judiciary to provide a full explanation for the decision to temporarily detain former president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (2016-2018).... Read More
* Bolivia’s state news media Cambio announced that the Bolivian and Turkish governments have agreed to aim for US$500m in annual bilateral foreign trade, following a meeting between the two presidents in the Turkish capital of Ankara.... Read More
Brazil
On 10 April, Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro attended a dinner with representatives from 37 Islamic countries, along with his Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina da Costa Dias, Foreign Minister Ernesto Araújo, and son Eduardo, who is a federal deputy and heads the foreign relations committee in the chamber of deputies.... Read More
* Brazil’s national statistics institute (IBGE) has released the latest figures for the national consumer price index (IPCA) which show that monthly inflation for March 2019 reached 0.75%, up from 0.43% in February.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
* Costa Rica’s finance ministry has published new figures which show that the fiscal deficit for the first quarter of 2019 was 1.51% of GDP.... Read More
Mexico
On 10 April, around 1,000 teachers from the Coordinadora Nacional de Trabjadores de la Educación (CNTE), Mexico’s second largest teachers’ unions, marched through the centre of Mexico City demanding the full repeal of the 2012-2013 education reform.... Read More
* Mexico’s national statistics institute (Inegi) has released new figures which show that the monthly inflation in March 2019 was 0.39%, bringing the annual rate to 4%.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 10 April, Paraguay’s Vice President Hugo Velázquez presented a draft bill to modify military law and protect female personnel in the armed forces from being subjected to disciplinary procedures while pregnant or breastfeeding. ... Read More
* Paraguay’s central bank (BCP) has released new figures which show that the country’s exports in the first three months of 2019 totalled US$3.3bn, 6.1% down on the same period in 2018.... Read More

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