LatinNews Daily - 6 June 2019

On 5 June, Peru’s national congress voted in favour of a motion of confidence in the current cabinet led by Prime Minister Salvador del Solar and agreed to debate and approve some of the political reform proposals promoted by President Martín Vizcarra.... Read More

* Colombia’s President Iván Duque has announced that Colombia received US$3.3bn in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first quarter of 2019, a significant increase on the US$1.98bn received in the same period in 2018 and the highest amount for a first quarter since 2011.... Read More

On 5 June, Brazil’s environment ministry (MMA) announced the launch of a “mega-operation” to combat deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. ... Read More

* The index for Brazil’s São Paulo stock exchange (Ibovespa) has fallen 1.42%, closing the day at 95,998 points, in reaction to uncertainty over the government’s political agenda.... Read More

On 5 June, El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele accused his predecessor Salvador Sánchez Cerén (2014-2019) of nepotism, fired various of his relatives from government posts, and announced irregularities detected in the international centre for fairs and conventions (Cifco), a government-owned enterprise.... Read More

* Alexander Medina Herasme, the Dominican Republic (DR)’s director general of mining, has reported that mineral and metals exports for the first quarter of 2019 reached US$460m in the first quarter of 2019, up 6.3% on the same quarter in 2018.... Read More

On 5 June, a Mexican government delegation and US government officials began the negotiation of the proposed US-imposed tariffs on Mexican imports that will be adopted on 10 June should the two countries not reach an agreement about migration.... Read More

* Mexico’s energy minister, Rocío Nahle, has signalled that the Mexican government is committed to strengthening the national energy industry.... Read More

On 5 June, Uruguay’s umbrella trade union Plenario Intersindical de Trabajadores-Convención Nacional de Trabajadores (Pit-Cnt) announced that a 24-hour general strike will take place on 25 June.... Read More

* Chile’s central bank (BCCh) has released new figures which show the monthly economic activity index (Imacec) registered growth of 2.1% in April 2019 compared with the same month in 2018.... Read More