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LatinNews Daily - 04 August 2021
Main Briefing
On 3 August, representatives from a number of Peruvian opposition parties conditioned their ratification of President Pedro Castillo’s ministerial cabinet on the replacement of a number of key ministers who they argue would push a hard-left agenda.... Read More
Andean
* Ecuador’s deputy production & industry minister, Carla Muirragui, has said that a recent executive decree reduciong import tariffs on 667 products across 81 sectors will benefit 6,381 domestic companies that employ some 560,000 people.... Read More
Brazil
On 3 August, Brazil’s Economy Minister Paulo Guedes stressed that the government will not default on the payment of ‘precatórios’, court-ordered government debt reparation payments, while defending a reform which would stagger such repayments to give the federal executive more fiscal wiggle room.... Read More
* Brazil’s national statistics institute (Ibge) has released the latest figures on the industrial sector, which show that industrial production grew 12% year-on-year in June.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
On 3 August Guatemala’s attorney general, Consuelo Porras, dismissed the head of the special anti-corruption unit (Feci) within her office, Clara Valenzuela, who she had appointed just 11 days earlier.... Read More
* Costa Rica’s public works & transport ministry (MOPT) has announced the launch of the use of electric buses on the route between the capital, San José, and Alajuela (Alajuela province) for the next four months.... Read More
Mexico
On 3 August the Gremio Gasero Nacional (GGN) grouping of small private and independent liquified petroleum gas (LPG) distributors began an indefinite strike in various Mexican states in rejection of the introduction of a LPG price ceiling by the federal government.... Read More
* Mexico’s federal chamber of deputies has ratified Rogelio Ramírez de la O’s appointment as the new finance minister.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 3 August the Paraguayan authorities reported that two police officers and one security guard had been shot dead in an armed attack registered in the northern department of Concepción.... Read More
* Paraguay’s central bank (BCP) has released its latest figures for the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which show that monthly inflation reached 1.2% in July.... Read More
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- PERU: Opposition demands changes before approving new cabinet
- In brief: Ecuador slashes import tariffs
- BRAZIL: Guedes discusses reforms, denies default risk
- In brief: Industrial production stalls in Brazil
- GUATEMALA: Embattled attorney general replaces anti-corruption prosecutor
- In brief: Costa Rica launches second stage of its electric bus plan
- MEXICO: Gas distributors strike over price controls
- In brief: Mexico’s new finance minister confirmed
- PARAGUAY: Deadly violence continues in the north
- In brief: Paraguay’s inflation accelerates in July