UPDATE: IDB adds £250 million ($315 million) to its 2026 sustainable development bonds
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US-based LatAm equity funds add fresh cash for third week
Lipper data shows US-based funds’ AUM rises 4.6% in the week ended June 10
FACTBOX 6/11/20: Latin America moves to mitigate impact of COVID-19
UPDATE: Brazil suspends automatic tax payments for May, June, and July
Argentine Province of Cordoba creditors organize for debt talks
Central Argentine province’s creditors organize over debt talks
FACTBOX 6/10/20: Latin America moves to mitigate impact of COVID-19
UPDATE: Argentina exempts healthcare workers, armed forces, security personnel from paying income tax from March to September
S&P cuts Costa Rica on policy uncertainty
Rating agency also casts a negative outlook as Costa Rica feels the strain of its COVID-19 response and rapid rotation of finance ministers
FACTBOX 6/9/20: Latin America moves to mitigate impact of COVID-19
UPDATE: Brazil’s BNDES suspends all financing payments for states and cities until December
Ecuador bondholders form creditor committee
Creditors holding 2024 bonds form committee, hire Quinn Emanuel Urguhart & Sullivan LLP as legal counsel.
Latin America, Caribbean face deepest recession in 60 years
Economic contraction of 7.2% in 2020 followed by modest uptick of 2.8% in 2021, World Bank says
FACTBOX 6/8/20: Latin America moves to mitigate impact of COVID-19
UPDATE: IDB grants $6.2 mln loan to help control the coronavirus in Belize
