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LatinNews Daily - 23 January 2020
Main Briefing
On 22 January Argentina’s Buenos Aires provincial government announced that it was extending the deadline for holders of its BP21 bond to accept an extension of the bond’s maturity until 31 January.... Read More
Andean
On 22 January, several ministers in Jeanine Áñez’s interim government in Bolivia voiced their support for Áñez as a potential presidential candidate, in response to widespread speculation on Twitter about the possibility of her entry into the contest.... Read More
* Colombia’s finance ministry has announced that it has issued US$1.84bn of bonds into global markets, in an attempt to improve the country’s debt profile.... Read More
Brazil
On 22 January, Brazil’s national transport confederation (CNT) published the results of its first poll of the year, according to which President Jair Bolsonaro enjoys approval ratings of 47.8%.... Read More
* Brazil’s national oil agency (ANP) has reported that the country produced 1.018bn barrels of oil in 2019, a 7.78% increase on the volume of production in 2018.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
On 22 January a local civil-society group, Asamblea Social y Popular (ASP), questioned the state of prevention recently decreed by Guatemala’s new President Alejandro Giammattei in the two municipalities of Mixco and San Juan Sacatepéquez, both in Guatemala department.... Read More
* Nicaragua’s central bank (BCN) has released inflation figures which show 2019 closed with 6.13% inflation.... Read More
Mexico
On 22 January the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a statement in which Acting Secretary Chad Wolf commended the Mexican government for “upholding their commitment to increased security and law enforcement at their southern border”.... Read More
* Mexico’s finance ministry (SHCP) has announced that it has successfully refinanced M$49.86bn (US$2.67bn) of the peso-denominated public debt by swapping bonds expiring in 2020 and 2022 for new bonds maturing in 2023 and 2050.... Read More
Southern Cone
* Argentina’s economy ministry has reported that the country closed the year 2019 with a primary fiscal deficit of Ar$95.122bn (US$1.586bn), equivalent to 0.44% of GDP.... Read More
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- ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires province flirts with debt default
- BOLIVIA: Growing speculation over Áñez candidacy
- In brief: Colombia issues US$1.84bn in bonds
- BRAZIL: Gov’t enjoys solid levels of support
- In brief: Brazil oil production surpasses 1bn barrels in 2019
- GUATEMALA: Concerns over state of prevention
- In brief: Latest inflation figures released in Nicaragua
- MEXICO: US praises handling of migrant caravan
- In brief: Mexico refinances peso-denominated debt
- In brief: Argentina closes 2019 with slight primary fiscal deficit