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LatinNews Daily - 26 November 2020
Main Briefing
On 25 November Mexico’s interior minister, Olga Sánchez Cordero, said that the persistent violence against women in Mexico is a structural problem deriving from the country’s “machista and patriarchal cultural system”.... Read More
Andean
On 25 November the Venezuelan foreign minister, Jorge Arreaza, announced that he would convene a working meeting with the government of Trinidad & Tobago to discuss “security issues, human mobility, and the fight against organised crime and drug-trafficking”.... Read More
*Delcy Rodríguez, the vice president of Venezuela’s de facto government, has announced the adoption of various measures aimed at reverting the depreciation of the national currency, the bolívar soberano.... Read More
Brazil
On 25 November, Brazilian pollster PoderData released its latest public opinion survey, which shows that dissatisfaction with the government of President Jair Bolsonaro is on the rise.... Read More
* The Instituto Brasileiro de Economia (Ibre) at the Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV) has released the latest figures for its index of consumer confidence (ICC), according to which consumer confidence in Brazil has fallen for the second consecutive month.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
On 25 November the Core Group – which comprises the special representative of the United Nations Secretary General, the ambassadors of Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Spain, the European Union (EU), the US, and the special representative of the Organization of American States (OAS) – called for preparations to hold elections in Haiti to be “accelerated”.... Read More
* Nicaragua’s legislature has approved the government’s 2021 budget proposal for C$81.528bn (US$2.34bn), up from C$79.199bn in 2020.... Read More
Mexico
* The Mexican peso has appreciated against the US dollar, trading at MS$19.99/US$1 on 25 November.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 25 November, another day of protests in Chile’s capital Santiago disrupted traffic and resulted in the arrest of at least seven demonstrators by the Carabineros militarised police.... Read More
* Argentina’s Economy Minister Martín Guzmán said a key government objective was to gradually reduce inflation (which stood at 37.2% in October in annual terms) to “single-digit figures” to arrive at a situation of “equilibrium”.... Read More
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- MEXICO: Contradictions over gender violence emerge in gov’t
- VENEZUELA: Migrant crisis under the spotlight
- In brief: Venezuela takes measures in support of the bolívar
- BRAZIL: Discontent with Bolsonaro on the up
- In brief: Consumer confidence dips in Brazil
- HAITI: Renewed international calls for election to take place
- In brief: Nicaragua’s congress approves 2021 budget proposal
- In brief: Mexican peso shows signs of strength
- CHILE: Protests continue to disrupt Santiago
- In brief: Argentina’s economy minister highlights key inflation objective