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LatinNews Daily - 13 July 2021
Main Briefing
On 12 July a prominent Venezuelan political opposition figure, Freddy Guevara, was arrested, triggering widespread condemnation.... Read More
Andean
* Ecuador’s agriculture minister, Tanly Vera; deputy interior minister, Homero Castanier; and the governor Guayas state, Vicente Taiano, have begun negotiations with agricultural leaders in western Ecuador in response to recent protests by the sector.... Read More
Brazil
On 12 July, Brazil’s federal police (PF) began the process of launching an investigation into President Jair Bolsonaro for alleged dereliction of duty, in relation to the scandal surrounding the Brazilian government’s procurement of the Covaxin vaccine against the coronavirus (Covid-19). ... Read More
* Brazil’s national council of coffee exporters (Cecafé) has reported that coffee exports during the 2020/2021 harvest (which runs July to June) reached a record 49.6m sacks (one sack = 60kg), a 10.1% increase on the previous record in 2018/2019.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
On 12 July the US White House press secretary, Jen Psaki, said the status of the Haitian authorities’ formal request that the US send troops to Haiti “is still under review”.... Read More
* Publio de Gracia, the director of Panama’s tax authority (DGI), has announced that Panama’s tax take in the year up to June totalled US$2.76bn, up 31.8% on the amount budgeted for the period and up 23.7% on the amount registered in the same period in 2020.... Read More
Mexico
On 12 July Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador dismissed as “propaganda” a report produced by the national daily Reforma, which claimed that over 50 human rights activists have been murdered since he took office in December 2018.... Read More
* Mexico’s social security institute (IMSS) has released new figures which show that 65,936 formal jobs were created in June this year, a 0.3% increase on the previous month and a 3.5% increase on the previous year.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 12 July local authorities reported that various vehicles had been set alight and left at a highway in Chile’s southern La Araucanía Region.... Read More
* Chile’s finance ministry has revised up its GDP growth forecast for this year to 7.5%, up from 6% in April after Chile's economy contracted 5.8% in 2020 as a result of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.... Read More
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- VENEZUELA: Leading opposition figure arrested
- In brief: Ecuador’s gov’t enters dialogue with agricultural sector
- BRAZIL: Police investigation ups pressure on Bolsonaro
- In brief: Brazil’s latest coffee harvest beats export records
- HAITI: US reviewing whether to send troops
- In brief: Panama’s tax take exceeds forecast
- MEXICO: López Obrador goes on offensive over human rights record
- In brief: Mexico’s formal sector starting to show signs of recovery
- CHILE: New wave of violence in La Araucanía
- In brief: Chile’s finance ministry raises GDP forecast