LatinNews Daily - 02 December 2020

On 1 December, Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaidó appealed for the international community to reject the results of the 6 December legislative election called by the de facto government led by Nicolás Maduro, and insisted that he would continue to lead the opposition, regardless of the outcome.... Read More

* Ecuador’s economy ministry has reported that the country has received US$4.69bn in credit from multilateral financial organisations so far in 2020, with the total set to reach US$7.11bn by the end of December, making this Ecuador’s main source of financing this year.... Read More

On 1 December, the authorities of Brazil’s Federal District tightened restrictions in a bid to contain rising coronavirus (Covid-19) infections, while the state government of Rio de Janeiro discarded the possibility of reintroducing restrictions, implementing instead a mass testing programme.... Read More

* Brazil’s foreign trade secretariat (Secex) in the economy ministry has released the latest balance of trade figures, which show that the country posted a US$3.7bn trade surplus in November, a 4.7% increase on the surplus registered in November 2019 and the third highest surplus ever recorded for that month.... Read More

On 1 December, Jorge Canahuati, the president of the US-based press advocacy group Inter-American Press Association (IAPA), warned that the Cuban government led by President Miguel Díaz-Canel is planning further repression against dissidents.... Read More

* The Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) has approved a US$500m loan for Costa Rica to address the impact of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.... Read More

On 1 December opposition senators criticised the speech delivered by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to mark the two-year anniversary of his inauguration for being full of dubious claims that are “detached from reality”.... Read More

* Mexico’s finance ministry (SHCP) has published public finance and debt figures for the January-October period, which indicate a primary fiscal surplus of M$175.9bn (US$8.7bn) - an amount which it said was better than expected.... Read More

On 1 December, Uruguay’s President Luis Lacalle Pou announced a series of restrictions on movement aimed at containing the rise in coronavirus (Covid-19) infections in the country.... Read More

* Chile’s central bank (BCCh) has released the monthly index of economic activity (Imacec) for October which shows economic activity fell by 1.2% year-on-year.... Read More