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LatinNews Daily - 14 March 2024
Main Briefing
On 13 March a second presidential debate ahead of Panama’s 5 May general elections took place.... Read More
Andean
On 13 March Peru’s congress voted to summon the energy and mines minister, Rómulo Mucho, for questioning to avoid facing a motion of censure.... Read More
*Venezuelan private Andrés Bello Catholic University (UCAB) has released its latest nationwide annual survey of households, known as the Encuesta Condiciones de Vida (Encovi), which showed that 51.9% of Venezuelan households live in “multidimensional poverty” – measured in terms of education, employment, living conditions, services, and income.... Read More
Brazil
On 13 March the constitution & justice committee (CCJ) of Brazil’s senate approved a constitutional amendment proposal (PEC) which aims to further criminalise the possession of drugs and will proceed to a vote in the main senate chamber.... Read More
*Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has travelled to Minas Gerais state to attend the inauguration of a production plant owned by Switzerland-based fertiliser manufacturer EuroChem.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
*The European Union (EU) and Honduran government have signed a €23.4m (US$25.6m) financing agreement to protect the forest sector known as ‘AVA y más allá – Alianza Forestal y Negocios Verdes’ (AVA and beyond – forest alliance and green business).... Read More
Mexico
On 13 March the public security ministry in Mexico’s Guerrero state (SSP) announced that two state police officers suspected of involvement in the murder of a student from the Ayotzinapa rural teacher training college had been arrested.... Read More
*International credit ratings agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has raised its long-term global scale issuer credit ratings on Mexican cement giant Cemex to ‘BBB-‘ from ‘BB+’, returning the firm to investment-grade territory.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 13 March Paraguayan national daily ABC Color published an investigation containing screenshots of alleged conversations between public prosecutors and the lawyer of former president Horacio Cartes (2013-2018), the current party president of the ruling Asociación Nacional Republicana-Partido Colorado (ANR-PC).... Read More
*International credit ratings agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has lowered its local currency sovereign issuer credit ratings on Argentina to ‘SD/SD’ (selective default) from ‘CCC-/C’ citing the announcement of a peso-denominated debt exchange earlier this week.... Read More
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- PANAMA: Second presidential debate marked by key absence
- PERU: Congress applies pressure on Boluarte
- In brief: New survey highlights Venezuela poverty
- BRAZIL: Proposal to toughen drug laws clears key hurdle
- In brief: Brazil seeks to boost domestic fertiliser production
- In brief: EU and Honduras sign forest protection agreement
- MEXICO: Police arrested over Ayotzinapa student killing
- In brief: Mexico’s Cemex upgraded
- PARAGUAY: Concerns over independence of prosecutor’s office
- In brief: Argentina downgraded on debt swap