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LatinNews Daily - 08 October 2019

Main Briefing
On 7 October Ecuador’s President Lenín Moreno announced that he was temporarily transferring his government’s headquarters from the national capital, Quito, to the coastal city of Guayaquil following what he described as “an attempted coup” against his administration.... Read More
Andean
* Peru’s central bank (BCRP) has released new figures which show that the country’s exports totalled US$3.14bn in the first eight months of 2019, down 8.1% on the same period in 2018.... Read More
Brazil
On 7 October, Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro held a meeting with cabinet ministers and representatives from the armed forces at the defence ministry in Brasília to discuss recent oil spills of unknown origin which are affecting beaches across the country’s Northeast region.... Read More
* Brazil’s national association of automobile manufacturers (Anfavea) has released figures for September 2019, which show that vehicle production has continued to increase this year.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
On 7 October former president Leonel Fernández (1996-2000, 2004-2008, 2008-2012) called for primary elections held by the national electoral body (JCE) of the Dominican Republic's ruling Partido de la Liberación Dominicana (PLD) to be cancelled, citing fraud.... Read More
* El Salvador’s central bank (BCR) has released new figures which show that foreign direct investment (FDI) to the country totalled US$435.9m in the first six months of 2019.... Read More
Mexico
On 7 October, members of Mexico’s Movimiento Nacional Taxista (MNT) taxi drivers’ union staged a 13-hour protest, establishing blockades across Mexico City (CDMX) to alert the government to the unfair competition provoked by private transport apps.... Read More
* Mexico’s deputy minister for multilateral affairs and human rights Martha Delgado has confirmed that the United Nations agency for human settlements, UN-Habitat, will accompany strategic projects promoted by the federal government led by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 7 October Alberto Fernández and Daniel Martínez, the frontrunners ahead of presidential elections in Argentina and Uruguay on 27 October, met in the city of Buenos Aires.... Read More
* Chile’s central bank (BCCh) has released new figures which show Chile’s exports were down 6.1% in September 2019 year-on-year to reach US$5.21bn.... Read More

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