LatinNews Daily - 13 March 2024

On 12 March Colombia’s supreme court elected Luz Adriana Camargo as the new attorney general, ending weeks of gridlock over the issue.... Read More

*The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) has released its latest monthly oil market report, in which Venezuela claimed to have produced 877,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude in February – up from 841,000 bpd in January.... Read More

On 12 March the state police of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil’s southeast, confirmed that officers had arrested a gunman, reportedly with ties to organised crime, who hijacked a bus in the state capital yesterday and took 17 hostages.... Read More

*Brazil’s national statistics institute (Ibge) has released its latest inflation figures, showing a monthly inflation rate in February of 0.83%, putting annual inflation at 4.50%.... Read More

On 12 March Kenya’s principal secretary for foreign affairs, Korir Sing’Oei, told international media that plans were on hold for the multinational security support mission (MSS) to Haiti, which 1,000 Kenyan police officials had been due to lead.... Read More

*Costa Rica’s President Rodrigo Chaves has fired his minister of public works and transport (MOPT), Luis Amador, over alleged irregularities in the awarding of a ¢21.8bn (US$43m) contract to Constructora MECO SA, a well-known local construction firm.... Read More

On 12 March students from the Ayotzinapa rural teacher training college in Mexico’s Guerrero state staged violent protests at the state attorney general’s office (FGE) in state capital Chilpancingo.... Read More

*Mexico’s national statistics institute (Inegi) has published the latest data for its monthly index of industrial activity (Imai), showing that industrial production increased by 0.4% in monthly terms in January.... Read More

On 12 March Argentina’s presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni said it was the “intention” of President Javier Milei to travel to the city of Rosario, Santa Fe province, which is currently experiencing a spate of violence.... Read More

*Argentina’s national statistics institute (Indec) has released the latest consumer price index for February which shows a decrease in monthly inflation for the second consecutive month.... Read More