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LatinNews Daily - 14 May 2021
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- CHILE: Ready to hold ‘mega election’
Andean
- COLOMBIA: ‘Crimes against humanity’ reported to ICC
- In brief: Petroecuador’s production recovers
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Bolsonaro’s approval ratings continue to fall
- In brief: Brazil sees negative economic activity in March
Central America & Caribbean
- GUATEMALA: Top court approves law controlling NGOs
- In brief: Big losses for Cuba’s agricultural sector
Mexico
- MEXICO: López Obrador rejects accusations of electoral interference
- In brief: Tourism in Mexico continued recovery in Q4 2020
Southern Cone
- In brief: Uruguay bond issue
On 12 May the official campaign period ahead of Chile’s 15-16 May concurrent municipal, regional, and constituent convention elections closed.
LatinNews Daily - 13 May 2021
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- MEXICO: Exchanging accusations of labour rights breaches with US
Andean
- COLOMBIA: Negotiations fail to prevent third national strike
- In brief: Peru gov't to challenge ‘unaffordable’ bills passed by congress
Brazil
- BRAZIL: NGOs appeal to OECD over environmental worries
- In brief: Second Covid wave hits Brazil’s services sector
Central America & Caribbean
- NICARAGUA: Opposition to stand divided in elections
- In brief: DR signs agreement with World Bank to reduce emissions
Mexico
- In brief: Mexico’s industrial activity inches up
Southern Cone
- ARGENTINA: Official response to Israel-Palestine conflict prompts criticism
- In brief: Paraguay shows first signs of economic recovery
On 12 May Mexico’s foreign ministry (SRE) reported that it has formally denounced the apparent violation of the rights of Mexican workers in the US to the US government.
LatinNews Daily - 12 May 2021
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- VENEZUELA: Guaidó changes tack and calls for negotiations
Andean
- In brief: Mining investment up in Peru
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Supreme court justice could face bribery investigation
- In brief: Inflation continues to rise in Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- GUATEMALA: Vice president savages president over nepotism
- In brief: Tax rises ruled out in Panama
Mexico
- MEXICO: Opposition denounces gov’t interference in Nuevo León election
- In brief: Investment in Mexico still below pre-pandemic levels
Southern Cone
- URUGUAY: Gov’t rejects imposing new Covid restrictions
- In brief: Argentina’s YPF goes into the red again
On 11 May the leader of Venezuela’s opposition, Juan Guaidó, proposed entering into negotiations with the de facto government led by Nicolás Maduro, in a reversal of his previous rejection of any negotiated solution to the country’s political crisis.
LatinNews Daily - 11 May 2021
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- MEXICO: Faced with first USMCA complaint
Andean
- VENEZUELA: Eight soldiers kidnapped by Farc dissidents
- In brief: Peru and Nicaragua begin discussions for free trade agreement
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Calls to investigate reports of ‘secret budget’
- In brief: Brazil’s industrial sector picks up in March
Central America & Caribbean
- CUBA: NGO warns that EU funds are being misallocated
- In brief: Honduras presents reconstruction plan
Mexico
- In brief: Mexico’s tourist arrivals plunge in March
Southern Cone
- PARAGUAY: Opposition pushback against emergency health bill
- In brief: Argentina extends biofuels law
On 10 May the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), the largest federation of labour unions in the US, filed a formal complaint against Mexico for the alleged violation of workers’ rights regulations included in the US-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) regional trade agreement.
LatinNews Daily - 10 May 2021
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- COLOMBIA: Gov’t seeks to calm international concern at protest repression
Andean
- In brief: Venezuela enforces price adjustments in April
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Bolsonaro praises police after deadly operation
- In brief: Brazil’s retail trade dips in March
Central America & Caribbean
- EL SALVADOR: Civil society urges OAS intervention
- In brief: BCIE offers funds to address Eta and Iota impact in Central America
Mexico
- MEXICO: Note of protest sent to US
- In brief: Mexico’s inflation climbs to its highest rate since 2017
Southern Cone
- ARGENTINA: Fernández lays down limits ahead of debt negotiations
- In brief: Chile registers large trade surplus in April
Washington Watch
- US voices concerns over El Salvador
On 7 May Colombia’s foreign minister, Claudia Blum, sought to defuse international concerns over the repression of anti-government protests, arguing that the authorities had respected the right to protest and criticising the “vandals and violent actors” that she claimed had hijacked the demonstrations.
LatinNews Daily - 07 May 2021
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- BRAZIL: Outcry over deadliest police operation in Rio’s history
Andean
- COLOMBIA: Gov’t accused of breaching supreme court ruling
- In brief: Peru approves modified pension withdrawal bill
Brazil
- In brief: Brazil questions Saudi suspension of poultry exports
Central America & Caribbean
- NICARAGUA: International concern over new electoral reforms and CSE
- In brief: IMF announces staff-level agreement with Honduras
Mexico
- MEXICO: Opposition moves against Morena figures over metro collapse
- In brief: Mexico’s hydrocarbons law reform stokes concern
Southern Cone
- CHILE: Congress approves new mining tax
- In brief: Paraguay, US and Taiwan identify renewable energy opportunities
On 6 May, the Defensoria Pública (public ombudsman’s office) in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro state strongly condemned a police operation carried out in the Jacarezinho favela that same day, leaving at least 25 dead.
LatinNews Daily - 06 May 2021
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- PERU: Moderate left throws support behind Castillo
Andean
- In brief: Peru’s exports up
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Bolsonaro elicits criticism over veiled China jab
- In brief: Brazil’s central bank raises interest rates again
Central America & Caribbean
- EL SALVADOR: New legislature sparks fresh transparency concerns
- In brief: IDB announces loans for Costa Rica
Mexico
- MEXICO: Electoral violence exacerbates Michoacán security crisis
- In brief: Amcham calls for more public spending to support Mexico’s recovery
Southern Cone
- ARGENTINA: Fernández pushes back against judiciary
- In brief: Inflation falls into official target range in Uruguay
On 5 May the defeated presidential candidate for Peru’s left-wing Juntos por el Perú coalition, Verónika Mendoza, endorsed the far-left Perú Libre candidate Pedro Castillo, further boosting his chances ahead of the 6 June presidential run-off vote against Keiko Fujimori of the right-wing Fuerza Popular party.
LatinNews Daily - 05 May 2021
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- COLOMBIA: Duque calls for dialogue as protests turn violent
Andean
- In brief: Workers given full access to unemployment protection funds in Peru
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Former health minister testifies in congressional inquiry
- In brief: Brazil sees record trade surplus in April
Central America & Caribbean
- NICARAGUA: New CSE and electoral reforms fail to quell concerns
- In brief: Costa Rica’s central bank raises growth projection
Mexico
- MEXICO: Justice demanded over metro collapse
- In brief: Mexico confirms its position as the US’s top trade partner
Southern Cone
- ARGENTINA: Fernández suffers painful political blow
- In brief: Millions of Chileans request third pension withdrawal
On 4 May Colombia’s President Iván Duque made a wide-ranging invitation for dialogue, after seven days of increasingly violent protests against the government’s tax reform bill and police brutality.
LatinNews Daily - 04 May 2021
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- EL SALVADOR: Removal of SC judges and AG sparks condemnation
Andean
- COLOMBIA: Finance minister quits after tax reform bill withdrawn
- In brief: Peru’s gov’t predicts strong economic recovery
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Rio state governor impeached
- In brief: Unemployment remains high in Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- In brief: Unah warns of rise in poverty in Honduras
Mexico
- MEXICO: Institutional clash over immunity of opposition governor
- In brief: Mexico’s GDP contracts in the first quarter
Southern Cone
- PARAGUAY: Senator resigns over vaccine scandal
- In brief: Chile posts solid economic activity in March
On 3 May, the United Nations (UN) and European Union (EU) condemned the 1 May decision by El Salvador’s new legislature to dismiss all five members of the supreme court’s constitutional chamber (SC) and the attorney general (AG), Raúl Melara.