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LatinNews Daily - 15 September 2021

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On 14 September Haiti’s prime minister Ariel Henry fired Port-au-Prince chief prosecutor Bed-Ford Claude.... Read More
Andean
On 14 September, Colombia’s President Iván Duque promulgated a revised tax reform that was approved by congress last week.... Read More
* Peru’s central bank (BCRP) has announced that the tax take from Peru’s general sales tax (IGV) amounted to PEN$7.02bn (US$1.70bn) in August, representing a year-on-year increase of 56.7%.... Read More
Brazil
On 14 September the president of Brazil’s senate, Rodrigo Pacheco, sent back to the executive a presidential decree issued last week regarding the control of social media content, effectively annulling it.... Read More
* Brazil’s national statistics institute (Ibge) has released the latest figures on the services sector, which show that the volume of services grew 1.1% in July compared with June.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
* Guatemala’s central bank (Banguat) has released new figures which show that the country’s exports in the first seven months of 2021 amounted to US$7.76bn, up 20.8% on the same period in 2020.... Read More
Mexico
On 14 September Mexico’s national wellbeing institute (Insabi), a government agency, and the United Nations Office for Project Services (Unops), together with representatives from the pharmaceutical industry, agreed to strengthen their commitment to resolving the shortages of medicine in Mexico.... Read More
* Mexico’s finance minister, Rogelio Ramírez de la O, has assured that the country “is in a firm process of economic recovery” from the crisis caused by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, noting that this recovery is observable “in various productive sectors”.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 14 September, Chile’s President Sebastián Piñera attacked the country’s constituent convention (CC) for failing to include a defence of “freedom of education” in its recently approved internal regulations.... Read More
* Argentina’s national statistics institute (Indec) has released data for the consumer price index (IPC), showing that monthly inflation stood at 2.5% in August, bringing annual inflation to 51.4%.... Read More

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