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LatinNews Daily - 14 August 2019
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On 13 August Guatemala’s president-elect Alejandro Giammattei, of the conservative Vamos party, unveiled ten members of his new 14-member cabinet.... Read More
Andean
On 13 August Peru’s President Martín Vizcarra dismissed opposition threats of impeachment over his government’s suspension of the US$1.4bn ‘Tía María’ copper mining project in the southern region of Arequipa.... Read More
* Colombia’s state-owned oil company Ecopetrol has recorded net profits of Col$6.2trn (US$1.8bn) in the first half of 2019, the highest profits registered for the first half of a year since 2013.... Read More
Brazil
On 13 August, students and teachers took to the streets across Brazil in the third national protest against President Jair Bolsonaro’s cuts to the education sector.... Read More
* Brazil’s federal government has concluded the auction on the lease of three port terminals, two in the port of Santos (São Paulo state) and one in the port of Paranaguá (Paraná state), for which it will receive a total R$148.5m (US$37.47m).... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
* Costa Rica’s national social security institute (CCSS), the executive branch and representatives from different health-sector unions have reached an agreement which ends an eight-day strike which affected health services throughout Costa Rica.... Read More
Mexico
On 13 August the commander of Mexico's national guard (GN) General Luis Rodríguez Bucio said that so far 58,602 members of the GN had been deployed across Mexico’s 32 states.... Read More
* Zoé Robledo, director general of Mexico’s social security institute (IMSS), has announced that 16,713 new formal jobs were created in July 2019.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 13 August Argentine business associations and unions called on the government led by President Mauricio Macri to adopt urgent measures to counteract the negative effects that the sharp devaluation of the peso is having on the domestic economy and population.... Read More
* Uruguay’s Economy & Finance Minister Danilo Astori has told reporters he is “worried” about the impact that Argentina’s economic difficulties could have on the Uruguayan economy.... Read More
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- GUATEMALA: Giammattei reveals pro-business cabinet
- PERU: Opposition gunning for Vizcarra over ‘Tía María’
- In brief: Colombia’s Ecopetrol records significant profits
- BRAZIL: Students take to the streets again
- In brief: Brazil to receive R$148.5m from port terminals auction
- In brief: Costa Rica’s health sector ends strike
- MEXICO: National guard deployment advances
- In brief: Fewer jobs created in Mexico in July
- ARGENTINA: Business, unions demand emergency economic measures
- In brief: Uruguay’s Astori expresses concern about Argentina