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LatinNews Daily - 04 October 2019
Main Briefing
On 3 October, President Lenín Moreno declared a state of siege across Ecuador’s national territory in response to the violent protests being staged in rejection of the economic policy measures recently announced by his government.... Read More
Andean
* Peru’s energy & mining ministry (Minem) has said that mining investment carried out between January and August 2019 totalled US$3.56bn – up 26.3% on the same period in 2018.... Read More
Brazil
On 3 October, Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro state civil police arrested four people suspected of involvement in the murder of leftist Rio city councillor Marielle Franco on 14 March 2018.... Read More
* Brazil’s special secretary for privatisations and divestments in the economy ministry, Salim Mattar, has announced that, in the first nine months of the year, the government has met and even exceeded its 2019 divestment target of US$20bn.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
On 3 October, the Dominican Republic (DR)’s foreign minister, Miguel Vargas, called on the international community “not to abandon Haiti”.... Read More
* Nicaragua has activated a free trade agreement (FTA) with South Korea.... Read More
Mexico
On 3 October, justice Eduardo Medina Mora submitted his resignation from Mexico’s supreme court (SCJN), 11 years before the end of his tenure was due, amidst reports of an official investigation into his finances.... Read More
* Mexico’s finance ministry (SHCP) has announced the successful issue of new bonds worth M$15bn (US$766.1m), at three-year fixed interest rates in the local market.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 3 October, delegates meeting for the national congress of Argentina’s second largest umbrella trade union organisation, Central de los Trabajadores de la Argentina (CTA), voted in favour of negotiating reuniting with the country’s largest movement, the Confederación General del Trabajo (CGT).... Read More
* Chile’s finance minister Felipe Larraín has said that the government is forecasting economic growth of between 2.4%-2.9% in 2019, down from its previous forecast of 3.2% in July, as reported in the local media.... Read More
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- ECUADOR: Under stage of siege following violent protests
- In brief: Peru mining investment up 26.3% in first eight months
- BRAZIL: ‘Milícia’ links under scrutiny after Franco case arrests
- In brief: Brazil meets divestment target
- HAITI: DR urges international community ‘not to abandon Haiti’
- In brief: Nicaragua activates free trade deal with South Korea
- MEXICO: Concerns over judicial autonomy after SCJN resignation
- In brief: Mexico issues new three-year bonds
- ARGENTINA: Rival union movements to fuse behind Fernández
- In brief: Chile’s finance minister lowers growth forecast