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LatinNews Daily - 20 September 2019

Main Briefing
On 19 September the president of Venezuela’s Catholic episcopal conference (CEV), Monsignor José Luis Azuaje, said he did not believe the new dialogue the de facto government led by Nicolás Maduro has established with a small section of the political opposition will help to resolve the country’s crisis.... Read More
Andean
* Venezuela’s chemical and petrochemical industry association (Asoquim) has reported that 30% of the coutnry's chemical industry did not operate in the first half of 2019 due to a fall in consumption, increase in the informal markets, and scarcity of primary materials.... Read More
Brazil
On 19 September Senator Fernando Bezerra Coelho tendered his resignation after Brazil’s federal police (PF) implicated him in a corruption scheme and raided his offices in congress.... Read More
* Neoenergía, the Brazilian subsidiary of Spanish energy company Iberdrola, has announced the construction of the ‘Oitis’ wind power complex, which is expected to have an installed capacity of 566.5MW.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
On 19 September Nicaragua's supreme court (CSJ) suspended the licence for six months of María Oviedo, a prominent human rights lawyer who worked for the human rights NGO Comisión Permanente de Derechos Humanos (CPDH).... Read More
* Panama’s economy & finance minister Jorge Almengor said that the executive has authorised a US$5bn increase in the amount of debt it can issue before the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).... Read More
Mexico
On 19 September, Mexico’s 500-member federal chamber of deputies approved secondary legislation to implement education reforms passed in May 2019 by the left-wing Movimiento Regeneración Nacional (Morena) government led by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.... Read More
* Mexico’s primary stock exchange, Bolsa Mexicana de Valores (BMV), has fallen 0.87%, and closed 18 September at 43,070.34 units.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 19 September Argentina’s finance ministry revealed that it had sent a bill to congress to “reprofile” public debt in the face of the liquidity crisis confronting the government.... Read More
* Paraguay’s chamber of deputies has accepted modifications made by the senate to a legislative initiative on the obligatory use of biofuels in Paraguay, and it will now go to the executive for promulgation.... Read More

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