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LatinNews Daily - 10 December 2019
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- ECUADOR: National assembly approves economic reform bill
Andean
- In brief: Peru registers US$4.13bn trade surplus in first ten months of 2019
Brazil
- BRAZIL: São Paulo gov’t under pressure over police action
- In brief: Brazil agriculture minister reassures on meat prices
Central America & Caribbean
- EL SALVADOR: OAS and AG sign agreement over impunity
- In brief: WFP to scale up operations in Haiti
Mexico
- MEXICO: Big guns fly in to seal USMCA deal
- In brief: Mexico’s year-on-year inflation falls slightly
Southern Cone
- CHILE: Piñera tables more reform initiatives to try to defuse protests
- In brief: Argentina reaches primary fiscal surplus
On 9 December, Ecuador’s national assembly (AN) voted to approve the ‘tax simplicity and progressivity law’, President Lenín Moreno’s latest attempt to pass the programme of economic reform needed to meet his government’s financial support agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
LatinNews Daily - 09 December 2019
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- ARGENTINA: Fernández unveils heterodox economic team
Andean
- COLOMBIA: Indigenous protesters to march on Bogotá
- In brief: First shipment of gold from Ecuador’s Fruta de Norte mine
Brazil
- Brazil: Gradual economic recovery boosts Bolsonaro’s approval rating
- In brief: Brazil’s annual inflation increases to 3.27%
Central America & Caribbean
- DOMINICA: Skerrit easily wins re-election
- In brief: Cuba and France boost ties
Mexico
- MEXICO: Ebrard spells out ‘red lines’ on USMCA
- In brief: Gross fixed investment in Mexico down 4.8% in first nine months
Southern Cone
- In brief: Chile’s 12-month inflation reaches 2.7% in November
Washington Watch
- Argentina and Brazil react to steel import tariffs imposed by US
On 6 December, Argentina’s President-elect Alberto Fernández unveiled his incoming ministerial cabinet, naming two heterodox economists at the helm of his economic team.
LatinNews Daily - 06 December 2019
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- BRAZIL: Bolsonaro hosts subdued Mercosur summit
Andean
- ECUADOR: Government criticises UN rights report
- In brief: Colombia’s annual inflation at 3.84% in November
Brazil
- In brief: Disappointing year for Brazilian steel industry
Central America & Caribbean
- HONDURAS: Uncertainty persists over Maccih’s future
- In brief: Honduras’ exports down 7.1%
Mexico
- MEXICO: Boost for López Obrador as senate approves new SCJN magistrate
- In brief: Mexico takes steps to tackle piracy
Southern Cone
- ARGENTINA: Poverty soars as Macri’s parting legacy
- In brief: Chile’s central bank reduces growth forecast
On 5 December, heads of state from the four Southern Common Market (Mercosur) countries – Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay – met in the municipality of Bento Gonçalves in Brazil’s southern state of Rio Grande do Sul for the trade bloc’s 55th summit.
LatinNews Daily - 05 December 2019
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- COLOMBIA: Protests continue after negotiations fail
Andean
- In brief: Bolivia’s November inflation more than doubles
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Chamber approves Moro’s anticrime package
- In brief: Brazil’s industrial production up in October
Central America & Caribbean
- PANAMA: Boost for Cortizo as legislature approves new justices
- In brief: IDB announces US$200m loan for Panama
Mexico
- MEXICO: US to seek more cooperation on security
- In brief: Grupo México announces US$250m investment in windfarm
Southern Cone
- CHILE: Congress boosts pensions in latest gesture to protesters
- In brief: Argentina’s central bank president resigns
On 4 December, hundreds of thousands of people across Colombia participated in another round of street protests, after talks on 3 December between representatives of President Iván Duque’s government and the strike leaders of the Comité Nacional del Paro again failed to make any progress towards a resolution.
LatinNews Daily - 04 December 2019
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- ARGENTINA: Fernández reveals cabinet picks; seeks unity in congress
Andean
- BOLIVIA: Añez makes cabinet changes
- In brief: Exports down 11.9% in Colombia
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Third quarter GDP surprises positively
- In brief: Conservation areas included in Brazil privatisation plan
Central America & Caribbean
- EL SALVADOR: Bukele meets Xi
- In brief: Panama’s gov’t seeks to boost economy
Mexico
- MEXICO: Electoral tribunal deems ‘Bonilla Law’ unconstitutional
- In brief: Mexico pushes back on US labour oversight
Southern Cone
- In brief: Paraguay’s lower chamber approves 2020 budget
On 3 December Argentina’s president-elect Alberto Fernández revealed the first two members of his cabinet one week ahead of taking office and attended a meeting of his Frente de Todos coalition in the federal lower chamber of congress.
LatinNews Daily - 03 December 2019
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- CHILE: Briones tables stimulus plan as growth tumbles
Andean
- COLOMBIA: Duque agrees to negotiate with strike leaders
- In brief: Peru spending on post-disaster reconstruction to reach US$2.65bn
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Gov’t reacts to Trump tariff announcement
- In brief: Brazil’s trade surplus lowest in four years
Central America & Caribbean
- HONDURAS: Sentences handed down for Cáceres case
- In brief: Cuba moves towards ending dual currency
Mexico
- MEXICO: LeBarón family meets López Obrador
- In brief: Mexico’s private sector revises GDP forecast down
Southern Cone
- In brief: Paraguay-Brazil automotive agreement imminent
On 2 December Chile’s finance minister Ignacio Briones presented a US$5.5bn plan to try and reactivate the economy, which suffered its heaviest contraction for over two decades in October, according to the latest monthly economic activity index (Imacec) published shortly beforehand.
LatinNews Daily - 02 December 2019
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- SURINAME: Bouterse convicted of murder
Andean
- VENEZUELA: Opposition deputies suspended over corruption allegations
- In brief: Colombia’s Duque warns of losses due to protests
Brazil
- BRAZIL: São Paulo police under scrutiny after deadly operation
- In brief: Unemployment falls to 11.6% in Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- In brief: Panama’s unemployment at 7.1% in August
Mexico
- MEXICO: López Obrador celebrates one year at the helm
- In brief: Mexico’s public deficit remains below target
Southern Cone
- URUGUAY: Lacalle Pou celebrates triumph
- In brief: Chile’s central bank intervenes to stabilise peso
Washington Watch
- Mexico presents draft of agreement against arms-trafficking
On 1 December Suriname’s President Desi Bouterse said that he had been the victim of a “political game”.