LatinNews Daily - 03 June 2020

On 2 June, Bolivia’s electoral tribunal (TSE) confirmed that an agreement had been reached to hold the country’s general election by 6 September.... Read More

* Venezuela's communications minister, Jorge Rodríguez, has confirmed that the country’s de facto government and opposition have reached an agreement to allow the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), who brokered the deal, to oversee the humanitarian response to the coronavirus (Covid-19) health emergency in Venezuela.... Read More

On 2 June, Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said that “it’s everyone’s destiny” to die, on the same day that the country saw a new record number of deaths from coronavirus (Covid-19).... Read More

* Brazil’s national oil sector regulator (ANP) has reported that the country produced 3.73m barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed) in April, including 2.95m barrels of oil per day (bpd) and 124m cubic metres per day of natural gas.... Read More

On 2 June Panama’s construction workers’ union, Sindicato Único de Trabajadores de la Construcción y Similares (Suntracs), and other trade unions staged protests in the capital Panama City outside the labour ministry (Mitradel).... Read More

* El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has announced that he will issue a decree to reopen the country’s construction sector which, like all non-essential business activity, has remained suspended as part of efforts to stop the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19).... Read More

On 2 June Mexico’s largest business lobby, the Confederación Patronal de la República Mexicana (Coparmex), urged the government led by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to implement a 'solidarity salary' to protect jobs.... Read More

* Mexico’s Finance Minister Arturo Herrera has cautioned that the country’s economic recovery will be not be as fast as the contraction it suffered due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.... Read More

On 2 June Argentina’s President Alberto Fernández rejected accusations that his government was exploiting the coronavirus (Covid-19) emergency to undermine the division of powers in the country and establish an ‘infectatorship’.... Read More

* According to Argentina’s federal tax agency (Afip), tax revenue for May fell in real terms, due to the slowdown in economic activity as a result of quarantine measures taken to mitigate the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.... Read More