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LatinNews Daily - 15 October 2019
Main Briefing
On 14 October, Paraguay’s President Mario Abdo Benítez swore-in Euclides Acevedo as his new interior minister.... Read More
Andean
On 14 October the president of Peru’s constitutional tribunal (TC), Ernesto Blume, said that the country’s top body of magistrates would this week debate an appeal against the dissolution of congress by President Martín Vizcarra on 30 September.... Read More
* Ecuador’s private sector lobby Cámara de Comercio de Quito (CCQ) has released a report which puts losses to the productive sector due to the recent unrest at US$1.64bn.... Read More
Brazil
On 14 October, Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro celebrated a drop in the number of reported rapes in the first six months of 2019, citing data from the justice ministry released that same day, as a sign that the government is on the right track. ... Read More
* Brazil’s economy ministry will release R$7.27bn (US$1.76bn) from its frozen budget contingencies, of which R$4.97bn will go to the federal executive, and R$2.30bn will go to the other branches of government.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
On 14 October the European Union (EU) Council adopted a framework for targeted restrictive measures on Nicaragua.... Read More
* The Honduran government has signed a loan of US$53.82m with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to finance the construction of a new trauma hospital that will provide services to Tegucigalpa and the central-southeast region of the country.... Read More
Mexico
On 14 October, 14 police officers were killed in an attack orchestrated by Mexican drug trafficking organisation (DTO) Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) in Aguililla municipality, Michoacán state.... Read More
* Credit ratings agency Moody’s Investors Service has reduced its growth projections for Mexico in 2019.... Read More
Southern Cone
* The World Bank (WB) has released its semi-annual Report of the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) Region, on behalf of Martín Rama, World Bank Chief Economist for LAC and the Macroeconomics, Trade and Investment Global Practice (MTI).... Read More
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- PARAGUAY: Abdo Benítez replaces key minister in bid to regain initiative
- PERU: Top court to debate dissolution of congress
- In brief: Ecuador’s losses due to unrest put at US$1.64bn
- BRAZIL: Bolsonaro celebrates falling crime rates
- In brief: Brazil gov’t unfreezes budget after oil tender
- NICARAGUA: EU ups the pressure on Ortega
- In brief: IDB finances trauma hospital in Honduras
- MEXICO: Police fatally ambushed by DTO in Michoacán
- In brief: Moody’s cuts growth forecast for Mexico
- In brief: Argentina’s economy to get worse before better, warns WB