LatinNews Daily - 01 March 2024

On 29 February Guatemala’s new government led by President Bernardo Arévalo filed a criminal complaint for “breach of duties” against attorney general María Consuelo Porras, calling for her to be stripped of her immunity from prosecution.... Read More

On 29 February Bolivia’s former president Carlos Mesa (2003-2005), who leads the centre-right opposition Comunidad Ciudadana (CC), accused President Luis Arce of attempting a “self-coup” amid mounting tensions in congress.... Read More

*Colombia’s national statistics department (Dane) has released the latest figures on employment, showing that the unemployment rate in January was 12.7%.... Read More

On 29 February Brazil’s federal government inaugurated a permanent base to coordinate its responses to the humanitarian crisis facing the Yanomami indigenous community in Roraima, a state which has also suffered a recent spike in forest fires.... Read More

*The government of Brazil’s most populous state, São Paulo, has announced that C2 Mobilidade Sobre Trilhos, a consortium of Brazilian transport company Comporte and a subsidiary of Chinese state-owned company CRRC, will build, operate, and maintain a railway connecting the cities of São Paulo and Campinas.... Read More

*Nicaragua’s central bank (BCN) has released new figures on remittances to Nicaragua which show that these totalled US$366.8m in January 2024, up 15.7% on the same month in 2023.... Read More

On 29 February Claudia Sheinbaum, the presidential candidate for Mexico’s ruling Movimiento Regeneración Nacional (Morena), announced that former foreign minister Marcelo Ebrard (2018-2023) had joined her campaign team.... Read More

*Mexico’s national statistics institute (Inegi) has published new employment figures showing that the unemployment rate of the economically active population - comprised of people aged 15 and over who are either employed or seeking employment – was 2.9% in January 2024, equalling 1.7m people.... Read More

On 29 February Argentina’s former president Alberto Fernández (2019-2023) was charged with dereliction of duty, abuse of authority, and misappropriation of public funds in relation to insurance contracts awarded during his government.... Read More

* The European Parliament has approved the advanced framework agreement (AFA) signed between Chile and the European Union (EU) in December, which will modernise the existing EU-Chile association agreement implemented in 2005.... Read More