LatinNews Daily - 21 March 2023

On 20 March, Venezuela’s oil minister, Tareck El Aissami, resigned amid a corruption probe.... Read More

* Ecuador’s country risk has surged to 1,950 points amid continued uncertainty caused by the advance of an impeachment process against President Guillermo Lasso.... Read More

On 20 March, Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced the reactivation of the public welfare programme ‘Mais Médicos’ (‘More Doctors’), which had aimed to improve healthcare access in remote or less developed areas.... Read More

* The Brazilian retail giant Americanas, which filed for bankruptcy in January, has presented a Rio de Janeiro court with the first draft of its judicial recovery plan, according to national daily O Globo.... Read More

On 20 March dozens of supporters of the opposition Partido de la Liberación Dominicana (PLD), protested outside a courthouse in the Dominican Republic’s capital, Santo Domingo, and reportedly tried to damage the building before police dispersed them with tear gas.... Read More

*Panama’s President Laurentino Cortizo has met with the US Department of Agriculture’s Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, Alexis Taylor who arrived in Panama City to launch a regional agribusiness trade mission.... Read More

On 20 March, Mexico’s federal judicial power (PJF) condemned “manifestations of violence and hatred” perpetrated against supreme court (SCJN) president Norma Piña two days earlier.... Read More

* Mexican cement giant Cemex has defended its use of a port terminal which US construction company Vulcan Materials claims is its private property.... Read More

On 20 March Argentina’s government announced a 180-day intervention in the management of electricity utility company Edesur, following a fortnight of power cuts triggered by record high summer temperatures.... Read More

* Chile’s central bank (BCCh) has released new figures showing that GDP grew by 2.4% in 2022 compared to the previous year.... Read More