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LatinNews Daily - 31 August 2021
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On 27 August Peru’s unicameral national congress ratified President Pedro Castillo’s ministerial cabinet, despite widespread opposition from centrist and right-wing parties.... Read More
Andean
* Peru’s ministry of economy and finance (MEF) has raised its GDP forecast for 2021 from 10% to 10.5%, predicting that the country will see one of the world’s highest rates of year-on-year economic growth in 2021 and 2022.... Read More
Brazil
On 30 August, organisations representing Brazil’s powerful agribusiness sector published a manifesto calling for the end of institutional tensions to allow “effective and sustainable” social and economic development. ... Read More
* Brazil’s economy ministry has launched a new programme to sell off state-owned property, known as the Feirão de Imóveis SPU+.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
On 30 August a local civil-society group, Alianza Cívica por la Justicia y la Democracia (ACJD) denounced the killings of “at least a dozen” members of the indigenous Mayangna and Mískitu in Nicaragua’s north Atlantic autonomous region (Raan).... Read More
* Guatemala’s economy minister, Antonio Malouf, has said that Guatemala’s central bank (Banguat) is forecasting that the country’s GDP will grow 5% in 2021, after contracting 2% in 2020 as a result of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.... Read More
Mexico
On 30 August, pre-school, primary, and secondary students began a partial return to in-person classes in Mexico, at the start of the 2021-2022 academic year, after an enforced 18-month break caused by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. ... Read More
* Mexico’s mining chamber (Camimex), which represents the country’s largest mining companies, has announced that the mining sector invested US$3.18bn in Mexico in 2020, 35% less than in 2019.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 28 August, Argentina’s government accused Chile of trying to “appropriate” a segment of its continental shelf in the South Atlantic, a day after the Chilean government issued a decree defining its maritime boundaries. ... Read More
* The governor of Argentina’s Buenos Aires province, Axel Kicillof, and provincial finance minister, Pablo López, have announced that the provincial government had obtained support from bondholders to restructure around 98% of its US$7.15bn debt, bringing it a step closer to emerging from a 16-month default.... Read More
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- PERU: Congress approves Castillo’s cabinet
- In brief: Peru’s government raises GDP forecast
- BRAZIL: Agribusiness entities issue pro-democracy manifesto
- In brief: Brazil launches sale of publicly-owned real estate
- NICARAGUA: Rights groups denounce indigenous massacre
- In brief: Guatemala forecasts strong growth for 2021
- MEXICO: In-person education resumes
- In brief: Mexico’s mining sector sees lower investment
- CHILE-ARGENTINA: Bilateral tensions over continental shelf
- In brief: Argentina’s Buenos Aires province confirms acceptance of debt deal