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LatinNews Daily - 04 September 2019
Main Briefing
On 3 September, President Nayib Bukele confirmed that he had ordered Osiris Luna, the head of El Salvador’s prison service, to lift the state of emergency in the country’s 28 prisons.... Read More
Andean
On 3 September, Venezuela’s de facto president, Nicolás Maduro, declared “an amber alert” on the country’s frontier with Colombia and ordered military exercises to be held on the shared border.... Read More
* Colombia’s trade, industry & tourism ministry has released new figures which show FDI in the first half of 2019 reached US$7.3bn, up 24.7% on the same period in 2018.... Read More
Brazil
On 3 September, Brazil’s agriculture and livestock confederation (CNA) met with members of the Frente Parlamentar da Agropecuária (FPA), the agribusiness caucus in the federal congress, to discuss the legislative environmental agenda. ... Read More
* Brazil’s national oil and gas sector regulatory agency (ANP) has released figures for national oil and natural gas production for July.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
* The Dominican Republic (DR) government led by President Danilo Medina has announced the launch of a new chamber of commerce for the Middle East and North Africa (Domenacham).... Read More
Mexico
On 3 September, opposition deputies in Mexico’s federal chamber of deputies occupied the chamber’s podium in protest at the attempts by the ruling Movimiento Regeneración Nacional (Morena) party to change the body’s organic law to allow it to retain its presidency.... Read More
* Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has announced that talks will take place between mining firm Grupo México, mining workers, and environmentalists over compensation to be paid by the firm for the environmental damage it has caused.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 3 September, different members of Uruguay’s ruling leftist Frente Amplio (FA) coalition condemned Luis Lacalle Pou, the presidential candidate for the opposition centre-right Partido Nacional (PN, Blancos), for saying that another FA presidential victory would be tantamount to dictatorship. ... Read More
* Uruguay’s national export promotion agency Uruguay XXI has released new figures which show Uruguay’s exports totalled US$858m in August, up 1.5% year-on-year.... Read More
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- EL SALVADOR: Bukele hails security progress
- VENEZUELA: Maduro orders military border exercises
- In brief: Colombia’s FDI up 24.7% in first half of 2019
- BRAZIL: Agribusiness preoccupied with environmental policies
- In brief: Brazilian oil production up 7.8% in July
- In brief: DR boosts trade with Middle East and North Africa
- MEXICO: Opposition protests in congress
- In brief: López Obrador announces meeting to resolve mining disputes
- URUGUAY: Election campaign takes on belligerent tone
- In brief - Uruguay’s exports up 2%