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LatinNews Daily - 15 October 2021
Main Briefing
On 14 October the far-left Perú Libre (PL) party, on whose ticket President Pedro Castillo won the June election, said that it would not grant a confidence vote to Castillo’s newly reshuffled and more moderate cabinet.... Read More
Andean
* Colombia’s finance ministry has reopened a global bond for US$1bn, with a 5.125% yield and due to mature in 2049.... Read More
Brazil
On 14 October, a military court in Brazil convicted eight soldiers for the aggravated murder of two civilians in Rio de Janeiro in 2019.... Read More
* The state government of Ceará in Brazil has signed memorandums of understanding (MoU) with four companies for the production of green hydrogen at its new green hydrogen hub in the Pecém port complex.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
On 14 October three Dominican magistrates convicted Víctor Díaz Rúa, a former public works & infrastructure minister (Partido de la Liberación Dominicana, 2007-2012), and businessmen Ángel Rondón on corruption charges in relation to the scandal involving Brazilian construction and engineering firm Odebrecht in the Dominican Republic.... Read More
* Cuba’s economy & planning minister Alejandro Gil has said that the government expects Cuba’s GDP to grow around 2.2% this year, far less than the 6% initially forecast.... Read More
Mexico
On 14 October Mexico’s congress began discussing the contentious reform proposal related to the electricity sector sent at the start of the month by the government led by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.... Read More
* Mexico’s central bank (Banxico) has released the minutes of a meeting of its board of directors which reveal that all five board members believe that “global inflationary pressures and bottlenecks in production continue affecting headline and core inflation” in Mexico.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 14 October the main prison in the Paraguayan city of Pedro Juan Caballero (PJC), on the border with Brazil, was closed by government order after police raided a gang leader’s cell as part of a murder enquiry.... Read More
* Argentina’s national statistics institute (Indec) has released the latest figures for the consumer price index (IPC), which show that inflation grew 3.5% in September compared with August.... Read More
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- PERU: Perú Libre to deny confidence vote to new cabinet
- In brief: Colombia reopens US$1bn global bond
- BRAZIL: Soldiers found guilty of homicide
- In brief: New MoUs for green hydrogen in Brazil’s Ceará
- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: High-profile case produces few convictions
- In brief: Cuba slashes growth forecast
- MEXICO: Morena open to revising energy reform
- In brief: Mexico’s Banxico highlights inflationary pressures
- PARAGUAY: Prison closed in murder enquiry
- In brief: Argentina’s inflation picks up pace