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LatinNews Daily - 08 August 2019
Main Briefing
On 7 August, Jair Meza, the spokesperson for Honduras’s national police (PNH), announced that the PNH was examining videos of alleged excessive force by its officers.... Read More
Andean
On 7 August, the de facto Venezuelan government led by Nicolás Maduro announced that it was suspending its participation in the dialogue with Venezuela’s opposition aimed at finding a solution to the country’s crisis.... Read More
* According to Peru’s energy & mining ministry (Minem), mining investment in Peru totalled US$2.53bn in the first half of 2019, up 26.2% on the same period in 2018.... Read More
Brazil
On 7 August, the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) expressed its concern at President Jair Bolsonaro’s “apparent reprisal against the Brazilian press”. ... Read More
* Brazilian commercial aeroplane manufacturer Embraer has signed a contract with US airline SkyWest for the sale of seven E175 jets, which SkyWest will operate on behalf of Delta.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
* Nicaragua and South Korea have signed a free-trade agreement (FTA) which will enter into force on 1 October after completion of the ratification process in both countries.... Read More
Mexico
On 7 August, the Union Nacional de Empresarios de Farmacias (Unefarm), an organisation that groups Mexico’s largest pharmaceutical companies, held its 11th national congress, where the increasing problem of medicine robberies and rampant black-market sales, especially in Michoacán, Guerrero, Puebla, Veracruz, and Oaxaca states was, one of the major concerns discussed.... Read More
* The Mexican government has announced that it has issued new bonds worth 3bn units of investment (Udis), at 30-year fixed interest rates in the local market.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 7 August, the Argentine government led by President Mauricio Macri defended the reliability and transparency of the software system of United Kingdom-based company Smartmatic that will be used to count the votes for the preliminary results of the open, simultaneous, and mandatory primaries (Paso) on 11 August.... Read More
* Argentina’s meat industry chamber (Ciccra) has reported that Argentina’s beef exports totaled 225,700 tonnes in the first half of 2019, up 61.4% on the same period last year.... Read More
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- HONDURAS: Hernández under pressure as police accused of excessive force
- VENEZUELA: Maduro suspends dialogue with opposition
- In brief: First half mining investment in Peru up 26.2%
- BRAZIL: Print media threatened by presidential decree
- In brief: Brazil’s Embraer seals US$340m deal in US
- In brief: Nicaragua and South Korea sign free-trade deal
- MEXICO: Theft and black-market sales threaten pharmaceutical industry
- In brief: Mexico issues new 30-year bonds
- ARGENTINA: Gov’t denies problems with vote-counting software
- In brief: Argentina’s first half meat exports up 61.4%