LatinNews Daily - 01 May 2024

On 30 April Haiti’s transitional presidential council (TPC) named Fritz Bélizaire, a former youth and sports minister during the second presidency of René Préval (1996-2001, 2006-2011), as the country’s new prime minister.... Read More

On 30 April Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa decreed a state of exception in five provinces, narrowing the geographic focus of the nationwide emergency security measures which had been in force since January.... Read More

*Colombia’s central bank (Banrep) has lowered the benchmark interest by 50 basis points to 11.75%.... Read More

On 30 April Brazil’s senate approved the extension of a tax exemption programme for the events industry (Perse), a programme which President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva had previously tried to end.... Read More

*Brazil’s national statistics institute (Ibge) has released its unemployment figures for the first quarter of 2024, showing a jobless rate of 7.9%.... Read More

*Cuba’s foreign ministry has announced the suspension of regular flights between Cuba and Argentina after 39 years.... Read More

On 30 April Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador hailed the day-earlier announcement by Mexico’s episcopal conference (CEM) that retired Catholic bishop of Chilpancingo-Chilapa diocese, Guerrero state, Salvador Rangel, had been found alive.... Read More

*Mexico’s national statistics institute (Inegi) has announced that GDP grew by 0.2% in the first quarter of 2024 as compared with the previous quarter.... Read More

On 30 April Argentina’s lower chamber of congress approved President Javier Milei’s slimmed-down omnibus bill of reforms.... Read More

*Chile’s national statistics institute (INE) has released the latest employment figures which show that the unemployment rate stood at 8.7% in the January-March rolling quarter.... Read More