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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Caribbean & Central America - 20 March 2020
From LatinNews Daily
On 19 March Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse confirmed the first two cases of the coronavirus (Covid-19) in the country.... Read More
* The Honduran central bank (BCH) has announced that due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, it has lowered the country’s GDP growth forecast for 2020 to 1.5%-2.5%, down from the 2.7%-3.1% forecast at the start of the year.... Read More
From Latin American Weekly Report
The long-ruling Partido de la Liberación Dominicana (PLD) suffered a serious setback in the rescheduled municipal elections on 15 March.... Read More
El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele declared a national state of emergency last week in response to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.... Read More
President Jovenel Moïse named his environment and interim economy & finance minister, Joseph Jouthe, as his new prime minister, filling a post which has been vacant for a year, after Jean Henry Céant was forced to quit following a no-confidence vote [WR-19-11].... Read More
The declaration of a final result in Guyana’s disputed 2 March general elections is no closer.... Read More
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