LatinNews Daily - 01 October 2019

On 30 September, Peru’s President Martín Vizcarra issued a presidential decree formally dissolving the national congress and calling for the staging of legislative elections.... Read More

* Venezuela’s de facto president, Nicolás Maduro, has announced that the government is ready to resume negotiations with foreign investors regarding defaulted debt.... Read More

On 30 September, Brazil’s Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina da Costa Dias declared that the Brazilian agribusiness sector is “the most sustainable in the world”.... Read More

* Brazil’s central bank (BCB) has released the latest public sector fiscal results, which show that the central government posted a R$16.5bn (US$3.97bn) primary fiscal deficit in August.... Read More

On 30 September, Guatemala’s President-elect Alejandro Giammattei questioned a recent resolution by the constitutional court (CC).... Read More

* El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele has presented the 2020 draft budget for US$6.4bn which now goes to the legislature for discussion and approval.... Read More

On 30 September, Filippo Grandi, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), concluded a four-day visit to Mexico by meeting with Interior Minister Olga Sánchez Cordero, during which both committed to continuing collaboration between the UNHCR and Mexico’s interior ministry (Segob) to strengthen the country’s institutional response to asylum seekers.... Read More

* Mexico’s finance ministry (SHCP) has issued a report to the national congress detailing public finances and public debt between January and August of 2019.... Read More

On 30 September, Argentina’s national statistics institute (Indec) released figures showing a sharp increase in poverty in the country in the first half of 2019.... Read More

* Paraguay’s central bank (BCP) has released new figures which show that the Paraguayan economy contracted by 3% in the second quarter of 2019, year-on-year.... Read More