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LatinNews Daily - 14 October 2019
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On 13 October it was announced that the Ecuadorean government had reached an agreement with the Confederación de Nacionalidades Indígenas del Ecuador (Conaie) indigenous organisation to abolish the decree issued by President Lenín Moreno eliminating all petrol fuel subsidies, in exchange for Conaie ending its protests.... Read More
Andean
* German technology company Siemens has announced an investment of €500m (US$551.31m) in a number of key sectors in Colombia.... Read More
Brazil
On 12 October, Brazil’s Foreign Minister Ernesto Araújo criticised the United Nations (UN) while speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Brazil in São Paulo, the first Latin American edition of this US event bringing together conservative politicians and activists. ... Read More
* Brazil’s national industry confederation (CNI), a private sector lobby, has maintained its forecast of below 1% GDP growth in 2019, after the economy grew just 1.1% in 2018.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
On 13 October thousands of people again took to the streets in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, and other parts of the country.... Read More
* Panama’s 71-member unicameral national legislature has ratified a free trade agreement (FTA) with Israel which includes immediate preferential treatment for many of Panama’s agricultural and agro-industrial products.... Read More
Mexico
On 12 October members of Mexico’s national guard, federal police, and national institute of migration (INM) disbanded a caravan in Tuzantán municipality, Chiapas state, comprising approximately 2,000 migrants heading for the US border.... Read More
* Mexico’s finance ministry has announced the results of recent operations aimed at reducing the state-owned oil company Pemex’s debt burden.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 13 October Argentina’s six presidential candidates held the first of two televised debates of the electoral race in the eponymous capital of the province of Santa Fe.... Read More
* In a press conference, Guido Sandleris, the president of Argentina’s central bank (BCRA), reaffirmed the need to establish political consensus ahead of the 27 October general election, in order to solve the country’s economic crisis and achieve economic growth.... Read More
Washington Watch
Brazil: From 8-11 October US Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs René Clarke Cooper travelled to Brasília for the 2019 US-Brazil Political-Military Dialogue.... Read More
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- ECUADOR: Moreno bows to indigenous protests
- In brief: Siemens to invest €500m in Colombia
- BRAZIL: UN targeted by gov’t minister in conservative event
- In brief: Stagnant GDP growth projections in Brazil
- HAITI: Protests continue to call for President Moïse to go
- In brief: Panama ratifies FTA with Israel
- MEXICO: Authorities disband migrant caravan heading to US
- In brief: Mexico reports results of operations to reduce Pemex’s debt burden
- ARGENTINA: Macri and Fernández clash in first debate
- In brief: Argentina’s BCRA president calls for political consensus
- US expresses support for Ecuadorean gov’t