LatinNews Daily - 30 July 2020

On 29 July pots and pans protests could be heard across Argentina’s capital, Buenos Aires, in repudiation of the judicial reform proposal unveiled by President Alberto Fernández that same day.... Read More

On 29 July, Peru’s President Martín Vizcarra called on all of the country’s political parties to join ‘Pacto Perú’, a framework for political dialogue intended to build consensus ahead of next year’s general election.... Read More

* Two investment funds, Contrarian Capital Management (CCM) and Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co (GMO), have filed a legal complaint against the Ecuadorean state at a New York federal district court, accusing the Ecuadorean government of “market fraud” and “coercive exchange” in relation to the ongoing debt restructuring negotiations.... Read More

On 29 July Brazil’s ‘Lava Jato’ anti-corruption task force rejected the criticisms made by Attorney General Augusto Aras, whose recent accusations of unaccountability and overreach appeared to signal that the Lava Jato investigations will soon be scaled down.... Read More

* The Brazilian government has reopened international air travel to foreign tourists, which had been banned since March as part of efforts to stop the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19), although prohibitions remain in five states: Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraíba, Rondônia, Rio Grande do Sul, and Tocantins.... Read More

On 29 July Costa Rica’s President Carlos Alvarado announced a new plan of restrictions in response to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.... Read More

* The Dominican Republic’s President Danilo Medina has inaugurated the state-owned Punta Catalina thermoelectric plant, located in Peravia province.... Read More

On 29 July Mexico’s supreme court (SCJN) rejected a landmark ruling which would have required the legislature in the eastern state of Veracruz to reform its penal code to end the criminalisation of abortion.... Read More

* Mexico’s central bank (Banxico) has extended its temporary US dollar liquidity swap line with its US counterpart, the Federal Reserve (Fed), to 31 March 2021.... Read More

* Argentina’s national electricity regulator (Enre) has revealed that it has discovered “irregularities in calculations of fines and other quantities” in an agreement signed in May 2019 between the government led by former president Mauricio Macri (2015-2019) and energy distribution companies Edenor and Edesur.... Read More