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Weekly Report - 14 May 2020 (WR-20-19)
MEXICO: Tensions over reopening the economy
Mexico’s automotive industry, as well as its mining and construction sectors, will reopen on 18 May, and a gradual lifting of measures to contain the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic will follow on 1 June. Confirmation of a post-lockdown economic resumption and a ‘new normality’ was made on 13 May by the health minister, Jorge Alcocer, although various state governments are likely to defy the federal government over easing the current restrictions. Alcocer insisted that “health and lives” were the number one priority, but the federal government is desperate to reactivate the economy amid some of the bleakest growth forecasts in the region.
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- VENEZUELA: Guaidó fighting for survival
- PERU: Quarantine pressure starting to show
- BOLIVIA: Pandemic policies under fire
- TRACKING TRENDS
- PARAGUAY: Worried by ‘Brazilian threat’
- CHILE: Government censures Cencosud
- BRAZIL: Debate over isolation persists
- BRAZIL: Armed forces deployed to protect the Amazon
- TRACKING TRENDS
- MEXICO: Military role in public security cemented
- MEXICO: Tensions over reopening the economy
- HONDURAS: New allegations push Hernández back on defensive
- NICARAGUA: Challenging the official narrative
- Uruguay seeks innovative approach to revive tourism
- Quotes of the week