UPDATE: IMF approves temporary increase in annual access limits to financial support for COVID-19 response
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IMF increases amount of financing member countries can request
Temporary measure triggered by COVID-19 to remain in effect through April next year
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Ecuador offers bonds to pay vendors
Government could issue $500 mln in new notes to cover late payments that exceed $3 bln
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BV places new benchmark bond
Brazilian bank issues five-year notes at a lower coupon than its last deal in September 2019
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Pandemic puts additional strain on Brazil’s public finances
COVID-19 is deepening existing political tensions and jeopardizing the government’s reform agenda, S&P says
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FACTBOX 7/22/20: Latin America moves to mitigate impact of COVID-19
UPDATE: Brazil gets $1 bln from NDB to provide income guarantees during the pandemic
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FACTBOX 7/21/20: Latin America moves to mitigate impact of COVID-19
UPDATE: Brazil social security system recommends reducing period for retirees to have access to payroll loans
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Bondholder groups reject Ecuador’s restructuring offer
Two groups dismiss a planned debt swap, but a third with 53% of the sovereign bonds comes out in support
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CBC prepares to reopen dollar bonds
Central American bottling company plans to add $200 mln to its 5.75% 2027 bonds
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Braskem places $600 mln in long-term notes
Brazilian petrochemical company issues dollar-denominated hybrid bonds in an oversubscribed deal