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LatinNews Daily - 18 December 2019
Main Briefing
On 17 December the Argentine government led by President Alberto Fernández sent a ‘mega package’ of emergency measures to the federal congress for approval.... Read More
Andean
On 17 December, Bolivia’s former President Evo Morales said he wants to return to Bolivia to campaign for his Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) party in next year’s elections, despite suggestions that interim president Jeanine Áñez’s government is preparing to issue a warrant for his arrest.... Read More
* President Lenín Moreno’s flagship tax reform and proposed budget for 2020 have both made it past Ecuador’s national assembly, despite considerable opposition to both bills.... Read More
Brazil
On 17 December, Brazil’s federal congress approved a R$3.387tn (US$905bn) national budget for 2020 in a joint session with senators and federal deputies.... Read More
* The Confederação Nacional das Indústrias (CNI), a private sector lobby in Brazil, has released its latest report on the Brazilian economy, in which it predicts 1.2% GDP growth for 2019.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
On 17 December, the government led by President Juan Orlando Hernández declared a state of emergency in the country’s prison service for six months.... Read More
* The Dominican Republic (DR)’s supreme court (SCJ) has decided to reroute to the court of first instance the cases of five of the six officials accused of receiving bribes from Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht.... Read More
Mexico
On 17 December, the government led by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador presented the latest figures on security.... Read More
* The governor of the state of San Luis Potosí, Juan Manuel Carreras, has said that he sees his state as being a leader in the development of renewable energy in Mexico, thanks to its wind and sun assets.... Read More
Southern Cone
* Argentina’s President Alberto Fernández has said that he does not oppose the trade deal reached in June between the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) and the European Union (EU), on condition that it does not hurt Argentine industry.... Read More
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- ARGENTINA: Fernández seeks special powers to combat crisis
- BOLIVIA: Morales considers returning to Bolivia to campaign
- In brief: Budget and tax reform pass through Ecuador’s national assembly
- BRAZIL: Congress approves 2020 budget with few changes
- In brief: Brazil’s CNI optimistic on growth
- HONDURAS: Gov’t declares state of emergency in prison service
- In brief: DR’s top court issues new Odebrecht ruling
- MEXICO: López Obrador on defensive over security
- In brief: San Luis Potosí to be leader in renewables in Mexico
- In brief: Argentina’s Fernández could back Mercosur-EU deal