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LatinNews Daily - 7 June 2019

Main Briefing
On 6 June, Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro paid a state visit to Argentina, where he held a bilateral meeting with his Argentine counterpart President Mauricio Macri. ... Read More
Andean
On 6 June, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said that the countries that have recognised Juan Guaidó as Venezuela’s interim president and no longer recognise Nicolás Maduro as the legitimate president are “crazy” and are not helping to resolve Venezuela’s political crisis.... Read More
* Peru’s energy & mining ministry (MEM) has released new figures which show that mining investments totalled US$430m in April 2019, up 17.2% year-on-year.... Read More
Brazil
* Brazil’s federal supreme court (STF) has ruled that the federal government does not need congressional approval to sell off the subsidiaries of state-owned and mixed-capital companies, including those owned by local state and municipal governments.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
On 6 June, the Universidad Centroamericana's human rights institute (Idhuca) expressed concern about the appointment of Mauricio Arriaza Chicas as El Salvador’s new police chief (PNC).... Read More
* The Central American bank for economic integration (BCIE) and Costa Rica’s railway institute (Incofer) have awarded a US$680,000 contract to a Spanish-Mexican consortium AudingIntraesa-Audingmex to explore the technical, economic, social, and environmental feasibility of the Limón electric freight train project (TELCA).... Read More
Mexico
On 7 June, Mexico’s foreign minister, Marcelo Ebrard, announced that 6,000 national guard elements would be deployed on the Mexico-Guatemala border in an attempt to appease demands from the US government for Mexico to do more to control illegal migration into the US.... Read More
*In a double blow for Mexico, credit ratings agency Fitch has downgraded Mexico's Long-Term Foreign Currency and Local Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) to 'BBB' from 'BBB+' while another credit ratings agency, Moody’s Investors Service, lowered its outlook on Mexico's rating from 'stable' to 'negative'.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 6 June, Uruguay’s President Tabaré Vázquez testified in a legal investigation precipitated by the incendiary confession to a military tribunal made by retired lieutenant colonel José Gavazzo.... Read More
* Chile’s President Sebastián Piñera has met his Ecuadorean counterpart Lenín Moreno in Chile’s capital Santiago for a binational cabinet meeting.... Read More

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