LatinNews Daily - 19 November 2021

On 18 November, Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador met US President Joe Biden and Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, at the first North American Leaders’ Summit in five years, hosted in Washington DC. ... Read More

On 18 November, campaigning closed ahead of Venezuela’s 21 November regional and municipal elections.... Read More

* Peru’s economy and finance minister, Pedro Francke, has raised the government’s GDP growth forecast for 2021 to 13%, up from the previous prediction of 10.5%.... Read More

On 18 November, Brazil’s national space research institute (Inpe) released its annual Prodes deforestation data, which shows that Amazon deforestation has soared to its highest level in 15 years. ... Read More

* The Brazilian government has announced that President Jair Bolsonaro signed a series of agreements with Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, while in Doha, the Qatari capital, in the areas of investment, economy, defence, energy, and sport.... Read More

On 18 November, 15 Nicaraguan human rights organisations presented a report which accused President Daniel Ortega of crimes against humanity and called for the installation of international independent fact-finding mission in Nicaragua.... Read More

* Costa Rica’s finance ministry has released new figures which show the country’s fiscal deficit to October was ¢1.54trn (US$2.4bn), representing 3.96% of GDP.... Read More

* The Mexican government led by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has said that it will seek an agreement with Canada for Canada’s state-owned company Hydro-Québec to upgrade Mexico's network of hydro-electric plants.... Read More

On 18 November campaigns closed ahead of Chile’s 21 November general election.... Read More

* Chile’s central bank (BCCh) has released new figures which show that the country’s GDP grew 17.2% in the third quarter of 2021 compared with the same quarter in 2020.... Read More