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LatinNews Daily - 18 June 2019

Main Briefing
On 17 June, Venezuela’s opposition leader and internationally recognised interim president, Juan Guaidó, said that he will not tolerate the misuse of the international aid intended to alleviate the serious humanitarian crisis in Venezuela and insisted that any allegations about this will be fully investigated.... Read More
Andean
* The European statistical office (Eurostat) has released new figures which show bilateral trade between Colombia and the European Union (EU) grew by 8.1% during the first quarter of this year compared with the same period in 2018.... Read More
Brazil
On 17 June, Gustavo Montezano, previously assistant secretary for privatisations and divestments in Brazil’s economy ministry, was appointed as the new head of the country’s national development bank (BNDES). ... Read More
* Brazilian conglomerate Odebrecht has filed for bankruptcy protection, the company announced, citing “some debt maturity and judicial attacks which would bring significant losses to the company”.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
On 17 June, the leftist indigenous party Movimiento para la Liberación de los Pueblos (MLP) said it would not recognise the results of Guatemala's 16 June general election, citing fraud.... Read More
* Minera Panamá, the local subsidiary of Canada’s First Quantum Minerals Ltd, has begun its first exports of copper, according to Panama's outgoing president, Juan Carlos Varela.... Read More
Mexico
On 17 June, the local private sector lobby Coparmex released a video berating the economic strategy of Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and his left-wing Movimiento Regeneración Nacional (Morena) and asked the federal congress to delay the vote on the national development plan (PND).... Read More
* According to forecasts from Moody’s Investors Service, Mexico’s economic growth will fall to 1.2% in 2019 from 2% in 2018.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 17 June, Paraguay’s Justice Minister Julio Javier Ríos dismissed the national director of penitentiary establishments, Blas Martínez, and the director of the San Pedro de Ycuamandyyu prison in the San Pedro department, Wilfrido Quintana.... Read More
* Chile has issued its first sovereign 'green bond' for US$1.418bn, which expires in 2050. According to a finance ministry press release Chile has demonstrated its leadership in international finance and environmental concern by being the first country in the Latin American region to issue this type of bond. Finance Minister Felipe Larraín commented that “issuing our first green bond indicates our firm promise to advance actions for climate change”. Among other things, the press release also highlights the historically low interest rate of 3.53% and notes that over the next few weeks Chile plans to issue a new green bond in euros.... Read More

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