Mexico Retail Sales (YoY) fell from previous -0.3% to -1.7% in March

The situation in Ukraine continued to escalate on Tuesday as the authorities in Kiev decided to relaunch the “anti-terrorist” operation against pro-Russian separatists, following reports of two tortured bodies found dead near the town of Slaviansk, one of whom belonged to a member of the local party and a supporter of the current president Oleksandr Turchynov.