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LatinNews Daily - 08 April 2020

Main Briefing
On 7 April, Bolivia’s interior minister, Arturo Murillo, accused the interim government’s opponents of politicising the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, and of seeking to undermine the containment measures implemented by the interim administration led by Jeanine Áñez.... Read More
Andean
* Colombia’s finance minister Alberto Carrasquilla has told the country’s congress that the government has submitted a request to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a US$11bn emergency loan, to help tackle the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic and the related economic challenges.... Read More
Brazil
On 7 April, Brazil’s Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta spoke with China’s ambassador to Brazil, Yang Wanming, about bilateral cooperation on the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.... Read More
* Brazil’s national statistics institute (Ibge) has released the latest figures for the retail sector, which show that sales grew by 1.2% in February after a negative performance in January.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
On 7 April El Salvador’s human rights ombudsman (PDDH), José Apolonio Tobar, called on the national police (PNC) and the armed forces (FFAA) to refrain from making arbitrary arrests, which are a breach of human rights.... Read More
* The president of Honduras’s central bank (BCH), Wilfredo Cerrato, has announced new monetary policy measures as part of efforts to mitigate the economic impact of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, after the government first declared emergency measures on 15 March, which included the closure of all non-essential businesses.... Read More
Mexico
On 7 April Mexico’s foreign minister, Marcelo Ebrard, hailed the arrival of a plane containing ten tonnes of medical supplies from China.... Read More
* Credit ratings agency Moody’s Investors Service has estimated that Mexico’s state-owned oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) continues to face a high liquidity risk, despite President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s announcement that the company will receive a tax break of M$65bn (US$2.7bn) for the rest of 2020.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 7 April the Argentine government led by President Alberto Fernández issued two decrees extending the list of activities and services considered to be essential and which can continue during the national quarantine declared to contain the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19).... Read More
* The director of economic benefits at Paraguay’s social security institute (IPS), Pedro Halley, has outlined how a government provision of US$100m to subsidise formal workers’ salaries during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic will be distributed.... Read More

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