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LatinNews Daily - 30 April 2024
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On 29 April the Colombian media reported that the supreme court (CSJ) has opened an investigation into all 20 senators from the ruling left-wing Pacto Histórico coalition.... Read More
Andean
*Bolivia’s President Luis Arce has acknowledged the effect of dwindling natural gas reserves on the country’s finances, saying: “we don’t have the money today that we did previously – the gas has run out”.... Read More
Brazil
On 29 April national media outlets reported that Brazil’s communications minister, Juscelino Filho, affiliated with the centre-right União Brasil (União), has been summoned to a police deposition on 10 May to testify on corruption allegations.... Read More
*The owners of mining company Samarco, a joint venture between Brazilian mining firm Vale and Australian company BHP, have submitted a new offer to compensate the damages from the high-profile disaster in 2015 caused by a burst tailings dam operated by Samarco near the town of Mariana, Minas Gerais state.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
On 29 April El Salvador’s 84-member unicameral legislature voted to remove the requirement that changes to the country’s 1983 constitution must be approved by two successive legislatures.... Read More
*Guatemala’s President Bernardo Arévalo has announced the launch of an inter-sectoral initiative to combat poverty and malnutrition.... Read More
Mexico
On 29 April Mexico’s foreign ministry (SRE) stated it was prepared for the first public hearing before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in relation to Ecuador’s forced entry into its embassy in Quito on 5 April.... Read More
*Mexico’s national statistics institute (Inegi) has released its latest quarterly indicator of economic activity from tourism, showing that in the fourth quarter of 2023, the country’s tourism GDP was down 0.2% on the previous quarter while the domestic tourism consumption indicator was up 0.2%.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 29 April Argentina’s lower chamber of congress began debating the omnibus bill of reforms sent by the government led by President Javier Milei.... Read More
*Argentina’s Economy Minister Luis Caputo has indicated that the government will negotiate a “new programme” with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), with which Argentina has a US$44bn Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement.... Read More
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- COLOMBIA: All senators from ruling coalition under investigation
- In brief: Bolivia’s Arce says that natural gas reserves have ‘run out’
- BRAZIL: Renewed pressure on minister over alleged corruption
- In brief: New settlement offer for 2015 dam disaster in Brazil
- EL SALVADOR: Legislature greenlights changes to reform constitution
- In brief: Guatemala’s Arévalo launches anti-poverty initiative
- MEXICO/ECUADOR: ICJ hearing begins over embassy incursion
- In brief: Mixed results for tourism activity in Mexico
- ARGENTINA: Milei gets second bite of the cherry
- In brief: Argentina eyes new IMF agreement