LatinNews Daily - 17 April 2019

On 16 April, a senior US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, revealed that the US administration led by President Donald Trump will end the suspension of Title III of the Helms-Burton Act that allows US citizens, including naturalised Cubans, to sue companies and subsidiaries in Cuba believed to be using properties expropriated after the Cuban Revolution.... Read More

On 16 April, there were violent clashes between the police and anti-government protesters during a protest march staged in Ecuador’s capital, Quito.... Read More

* Colombia’s trade, industry & tourism ministry has released new figures which show that foreign direct investment (FDI) to the country in the first quarter of 2019 reached US$2.26bn, up 23.3% compared with the same period in 2018.... Read More

On 16 April, Brazil’s supreme court (STF) rejected a request by the federal public prosecutor’s office (MPF) that it suspend an investigation into ‘fake news’ and online attacks that supposedly question the honour of STF justices.... Read More

* The Brazilian government led by President Jair Bolsonaro has presented a package of measures destined to respond to the demands of the cargo transportation sector, amid concerns that rises in diesel prices could lead lorry drivers to strike.... Read More

* Panama’s Copa Airlines and Spain’s Air Europa have announced a new code-share agreement to take effect as of 3 June when Air Europa will launch a direct flight to Panama.... Read More

On 15 April, Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador issued a memorandum addressed to various federal ministries in which he establishes guidelines to be followed pending the repeal of the 2012-2013 education reform.... Read More

* Mexico’s economy ministry has revealed the new quotas regarding the export of Mexican vehicles to Argentina under the rules of the Economic Complementation Agreement No.... Read More

On 16 April, Argentina’s national statistics institute (Indec) reported that inflation for the month of March reached 4.7%, bringing 12-month inflation to 54.7%.... Read More

* Argentina’s finance ministry has revealed that it has received bids equivalent to US$995m from 13 different firms for the country’s first ever offshore oil and gas exploration concessions tender.... Read More