LatinNews Daily - 30 September 2019

On 27 September Peru’s President Martín Vizcarra threatened to dissolve congress over its selection of new magistrates to the constitutional court (TC).... Read More

* Peru’s central bank (BCP) has released a new report which forecasts GDP growth will come in at 2.7% in 2019 (down from its previous forecast of 3.4%) and 3.8% in 2020 (down from 4.0%).... Read More

On 29 September, the Brazilian magistrates’ association (AMB) announced that it had filed a direct action of unconstitutionality (ADI) with the federal supreme court (STF) against a recently approved bill known as the ‘abuse of authority’ law.... Read More

* Brazil’s national statistics institute (Ibge) has released its latest employment figures, according to which unemployment for the three months from June to August stands at 11.8%, down from 12.1% in the same period last year and down from 12.3% in the March-May 2019 rolling quarter.... Read More

On 27 September thousands of people protested across the country demanding the resignation of Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse.... Read More

* The Dominican Republic’s (DR) finance minister Donald Guerrero has presented a draft state budget for 2020 worth US$19.19bn, which, according to an official press release, sets out to guarantee social investment and maintain the country’s commitment to “the responsible and transparent management of public finances”.... Read More

On 27 September Mexico’s federal attorney general’s office (FGR) announced that four people had been arrested in connection with a raid carried out in Zapopan municipality, Jalisco state, in which an arsenal of weapons, munitions, and drugs were also seized.... Read More

* Mexico’s national statistics institute (Inegi) has released new figures which show Mexico’s goods exports totalled US$40.4bn in August 2019, up 2.2% year-on-year.... Read More

On 29 September, Rodolfo Suárez, the candidate for the Cambia Mendoza local grouping which is part of President Mauricio Macri’s ruling Cambiemos coalition, won the gubernatorial election in Argentina’s western Mendoza province.... Read More

*According to a new report by the Paraguayan chamber of exporters and marketers of cereals and oilseeds (Capeco) circulated in the local media, in the first eight months of 2019, Paraguay’s soya exports totalled 4.5m tonnes (t), down 15.5% on the same period in 2018.... Read More

Brazil: On 20 September a committee formed of Brazil’s infrastructure ministry, the council for Brazil’s investment partnerships programme (PPI), and Brazil’s agency for the promotion of exports (Apex) concluded a five-day visit to New York.... Read More