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LatinNews Daily - 14 October 2021

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On 13 October Honduras’ main opposition left-wing party, Libertad y Refundación (Libre), and opposition coalition, Unidad Nacional Opositora de Honduras (Unoh), announced an alliance ‘Alianza por el Pueblo’ ahead of the 28 November general elections.... Read More
Andean
On 13 October Venezuela’s Vice-President Delcy Rodríguez said that her government will file a complaint against Colombia with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague over the “persecution” and “extermination” of Venezuelan migrants.... Read More
* Ecuador’s state-owned oil company, Petroecuador, has announced the successful completion of two sales on the oil spot market, the tenth time it has resorted to spot sales this year, in which a total 2.52m barrels were awarded for export this month.... Read More
Brazil
On 13 October, Brazil passed the milestone of 100m people being fully vaccinated against the coronavirus (Covid-19), equivalent to 47% of the total population.... Read More
* Brazil’s national council of coffee exporters (Cecafé) has released its latest statistics report, according to which a total 3.11m sacks of coffee (one sack = 60kg) were exported in September – a 26.5% drop on the volume of coffee exports in September 2020.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
* Cuba’s economy & planning ministry (MEP) has approved 60 new micro, small and medium-size enterprises (MSMEs) and four non-agricultural cooperatives.... Read More
Mexico
On 13 October, security forces forcefully cleared striking workers from the under-construction Dos Bocas oil refinery in Mexico’s Tabasco state, raising questions over working conditions at one of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s flagship projects.... Read More
* Mexico’s government led by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has welcomed the announcement by its US counterpart that the US will reopen its land borders with Mexico and Canada to non-essential travellers who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus (Covid-19) from November.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 13 October opposition deputies initiated a formal impeachment process against Chile’s President Sebastián Piñera, accused of wrongdoing in leaked ‘Pandora Papers’ transactions.... Read More
* Chile’s central bank (BCCh) has raised the benchmark interest rate by a record 125 basis points to 2.75%.... Read More

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