LatinNews Daily - 19 August 2021

On 18 August, the European Union (EU) and the United Nations (UN) called for justice in Bolivia following the publication of a report commissioned by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), which highlighted human rights abuses committed under the interim government led by Jeanine Áñez (2019-2020).... Read More

* Peru’s Prime Minister Guido Bellido has announced that the government has approved a decree to make emergency payments of PEN$700 (US$170) to families living in poverty as a result of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.... Read More

On 18 August, two Brazilian senators, Alessandro Vieira and Fabiano Contarato, filed a complaint with the supreme court (STF) calling for the federal attorney general, Augusto Aras, to be investigated for dereliction of duty.... Read More

* Economists and financial analysts in Brazil have warned the central bank (BCB) that the country has now entered “election mode”, which represents a risk for public accounts and the country’s fiscal credibility.... Read More

On 18 August Eduardo Escobar, the executive director of a local civil society group Acción Ciudadana (AC), complained of a conflict of interest in a contract approved by El Salvador’s congress to a company which reportedly provided campaign financing to President Nayib Bukele.... Read More

* The Dominican Republic’s President Luis Abinader has said that as of July, the country had recovered 714,551 of jobs lost due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic and that his government was working to create “a million jobs” over the next few years.... Read More

On 18 August a Mexican civil society group, Acción Ciudadana Frente a la Pobreza (ACFP), questioned the efficacy of the social policies implemented by the government led by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.... Read More

* Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has expressed his support for the decision by the central bank (Banxico) to increase the interest rate to contain inflation, although he criticised Banxico’s lack of focus on economic growth.... Read More

On 18 August thousands of people took part in demonstrations in Argentina’s capital, Buenos Aires, demanding jobs and increased government assistance for low-income sectors.... Read More

* Chile’s central bank (BCCh) has released its latest figures on GDP growth, which show that Chile’s economy grew 1% in the second quarter of this year compared with the first.... Read More