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LatinNews Daily - 02 July 2019

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On 1 July Costa Rica's President Carlos Alvarado announced he would set up dialogue tables, with the Ombudsman’s office and the Catholic Church to act as guarantors.... Read More
Andean
On 1 July the United Nations verification mission in Colombia expressed concern about the “disappearance” of Seuxis Paucias Hernández Solarte (‘Jesús Santrich’), a deputy in the lower chamber of the national congress for the Fuerza Alternativa Revolucionaria del Común (Farc) party, after the former guerrilla commander and peace negotiator abandoned his security detail a day earlier.... Read More
* Ecuador’s economic & social inclusion ministry (MIES) has reported that 140,000 people in Ecuador have fallen into poverty or extreme poverty, and are of high vulnerability.... Read More
Brazil
On 1 July, Brazil’s steel sector expressed concern that it would be negatively impacted by the bilateral trade deal reached last week between the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) and the European Union (EU).... Read More
* Brazil’s secretariat of foreign trade (Secex) in the economy ministry has released the latest trade balance figures which show that Brazil registered a US$5.02bn trade surplus in June, a 13.3% decrease on the trade surplus recorded in June 2018.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
* Julio Solórzano, the president of Guatemala’s electoral authority (TSE), has confirmed that former First Lady Sandra Torres (2008-2012) of the opposition Unidad Nacional de la Esperanza (UNE) party and Alejandro Giammattei of the right-wing Vamos party will take part in a presidential second-round run-off on 11 August.... Read More
Mexico
On 1 July presumed organised criminals set fire to vehicles, erected roadblocks, and issued a stark warning to the national guard (GN) units that have been deployed to reinforce public security in the south-eastern state of Tabasco.... Read More
*Commercial operations have begun in Mexico's port of Veracruz’s new terminal facility with 'White Shark', a ship owned by a French shipping company, officially unloading its cargo at 8:20am on 1 July.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 1 July Uruguay’s electoral court (CE) released the full preliminary results of the 30 June internal political primary elections, which showed that the centre-right opposition Partido Nacional (PN, Blancos) received the most votes on the day.... Read More
* Moody’s Investors Service recently predicted that Paraguay and Uruguay would benefit proportionally more that Brazil and Argentina from the recent European Union (EU)-Southern Common Market (Mercosur) trade deal signed on 29 June.... Read More

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