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LatinNews Daily - 03 April 2020
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- ECUADOR: Moreno faces facts on health crisis
Andean
- In brief: Venezuela asks Eclac to back sanctions suspension
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Governors ask for more federal help
- In brief: Brazil outlines fiscal cost of Covid-19 measures
Central America & Caribbean
- EL SALVADOR: PDDH raises press freedom concerns
- In brief: Nicaragua’s economy contracts again in 2019
Mexico
- MEXICO: López Obrador dismisses official economic forecasts
- In brief: Stock market keeps falling in Mexico
Southern Cone
- URUGUAY: Congress votes to delay elections
- In brief: Uruguay’s congress approves ‘Covid-19 fund’
On 2 April, Ecuador’s President Lenín Moreno acknowledged that the official figures on coronavirus (Covid-19) deaths are significantly understating the extent of the country’s health emergency and admitted that his government has been unable to cope with the severity of this “crisis”.
LatinNews Daily - 02 April 2020
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- BRAZIL: Under pressure from congress, gov’t moves to protect jobs
Andean
- VENEZUELA: Maduro condemns military aggression
- In brief: Food prices drive increased inflation in Peru
Brazil
- In brief: No sign of recovery for Brazilian real
Central America & Caribbean
- NICARAGUA: Ortega under pressure over health strategy
- In brief: El Salvador’s central bank revises down growth forecast
Mexico
- MEXICO: Opposition governors demand assistance
- In brief: Mexico lowers GDP growth forecast
Southern Cone
- ARGENTINA: Markets quiver at debt-talk postponement
- In brief: Chile’s central bank releases growth forecast
On 1 April, the Brazilian government led by President Jair Bolsonaro unveiled an ‘emergency programme to maintain employment’, presented as its biggest effort so far to protect jobs from the impact of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.
LatinNews Daily - 01 April 2020
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- VENEZUELA: US proposes political transition framework
Andean
- In brief: Colombia’s unemployment up in February
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Bolsonaro tones down confrontational rhetoric
- In brief: Brazil public sector sees primary deficit in February
Central America & Caribbean
- GUYANA: Supreme court throws out injunction against Gecom
- In brief: IMF announces disbursement to Honduras
Mexico
- MEXICO: Concerns mount in the healthcare sector
- In brief: Mexico’s private sector urges tax relief for businesses
Southern Cone
- ARGENTINA: Opposition pressures Fernández over emergency response
- In brief: Chile’s unemployment level rises
On 31 March US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo presented a ‘Framework for a Peaceful Democratic Transition in Venezuela’, in which both claimants to the country's presidency – de facto president Nicolás Maduro and US-recognised challenger Juan Guaidó - would step aside to allow a new council of state to preside over presidential elections.