
The Ecuadorian National Assembly approved the Law for the Defence of Dollarization. India announced measures to boost Covid-19 vaccinations. The Russian Central Bank hiked rates by 50bps to 5.0%. The Brazilian Lower House approved the 2021 budget that exceeds the debt ceiling. The United States (US) government said the mass killing of Armenians in Turkey in 1915 was a genocide. Mexico’s parliament approved populist hydrocarbon and labour market reforms. In Peru, polls showed the leftist presidential candidate Pedro Castillo ahead in the run-off. Rating agency S&P kept Colombia’s sovereign rating unchanged at BBB- with a negative outlook.