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LatinNews Daily - 22 September 2021
Main Briefing
On 21 September Mexico’s Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said he had had a phone call with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken about the crisis on the US southern border involving Haitian migrants.... Read More
Andean
On 21 September Bolivia’s human rights ombudsman called on the government to increase protections for journalists, in response to the arrest and beating of press workers in the last week.... Read More
* The Colombian petrochemical manufacturer Esenttia, a subsidiary of the state-owned oil company Ecopetrol which produces raw materials for the plastics industry, has announced the construction of a plastics recycling plant in Tocancipá municipality (Cundinamarca department).... Read More
Brazil
On 21 September, various Brazilian media outlets and fact checkers debunked several of the claims and statements made by President Jair Bolsonaro in his opening remarks at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) general debate in New York.... Read More
* The Companhia Nacional de Abastecimento (Conab), the logistics arm of Brazil’s agriculture ministry (Mapa), has released new figures showing that the 2021 coffee harvest is expected to be 25.7% smaller than the 2020 harvest, which gave record yields.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
On 21 September El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele changed the bio on his Twitter profile to “the coolest dictator in the world”.... Read More
* Honduras’ central bank (BCH) has released new figures which show the country’s exports totalled US$3.13bn in the first seven months of 2021, up 18.0% on the same period in 2020.... Read More
Mexico
* Mexico’s tourism minister, Miguel Torruco Marqués, has embarked upon a two-day visit to the US to promote Mexico as a tourist destination, an initiative known as ‘Operación Toca Puertas’ (operation knock on doors).... Read More
Southern Cone
On 21 September Uruguay’s left-wing opposition coalition, Frente Amplio (FA), said it would be presenting a motion to summon the defence minister, Javier García, to the chamber of deputies to explain the purchase of two Hercules C130 H aircraft for the Uruguayan air force.... Read More
* Argentina’s national statistics institute (Indec) has released its latest figures on GDP growth, which show that the Argentine economy contracted by 1.4% in April-June this year, compared with January-March.... Read More
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- MEXICO: Addressing the Haitian migrant crisis with the US
- BOLIVIA: Assaults on press freedoms cause concern
- In brief: Colombia’s Essenttia announces plastic recycling facility
- BRAZIL: Bolsonaro distorts facts in UNGA speech
- In brief: Brazil’s coffee harvest to fall by a quarter
- EL SALVADOR: Bukele defiant over authoritarianism concerns
- In brief: Honduras’ trade deficit continues to rise
- In brief: Mexico promotes tourism in US
- URUGUAY: Opposition questions defence minister over aircraft purchase
- In brief: Q2 GDP sees quarterly contraction in Argentina