LatinNews Daily - 27 March 2024

On 26 March Venezuela’s opposition coalition Plataforma Unitaria Democrática (PUD) announced that it had been able to register Edmundo González as its presidential candidate in the 28 July election, after being unable to register Corina Yoris – herself a replacement for the disqualified María Corina Machado.... Read More

*Bolivia’s President Luis Arce has inaugurated the country’s first biodiesel plant in the eastern city of Santa Cruz, which he said would help Bolivia to reduce its dependency on fuel imports.... Read More

On 26 March Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva hosted his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in the northern city of Belém, capital of Pará state, where they sought to highlight common ground on environmental goals.... Read More

*Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Vice President Geraldo Alckmin, who also serves as the minister for industry & trade, have presented measures aimed at boosting the domestic production of electric vehicles (EVs).... Read More

On 26 March the international media reported that René Jean Jumeau, one of the non-voting members of Haiti’s recently finalised nine-member transitional presidential council, had announced his withdrawal from the council.... Read More

*Guyana’s government has announced the signing of a US$38m contract to construct solar farms between Chinese solar technology company Sumec and the Guyana Utility-Scale Solar Photovoltaic (Guysol) programme, an initiative financed by the Norwegian government to the tune of US$83.3m.... Read More

On 26 March Fuerza y Corazón por México, Mexico’s main opposition alliance, filed a formal complaint with the national electoral institute (INE) accusing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of intervening illicitly and inappropriately in the campaign for the general elections due to be held on 2 June. ... Read More

*Mexico’s government has said that the herbicide glyphosate will continue to be used in agriculture until “a broad-spectrum, low-toxicity herbicide alternative” is found, according to a new government statement.... Read More

On 26 March Argentina’s defence minister, Luis Petri, signed a letter of intent with his Danish counterpart Troels Lund Poulsen, to purchase 24 US-made Lockheed Martin F-16As fighter aircraft from Denmark.... Read More

*Argentina’s national statistics institute (Indec) has reported that in January the monthly index of economic activity (Emae) decreased by 1.2% as compared to the previous month and was down 4.3% year-on-year.... Read More