LatinNews Daily - 07 May 2024

On 5 May former security minister José Raúl Mulino (2010-2014) won Panama’s presidential elections in the vote held the same day.... Read More

On 5 May the faction of Bolivia’s ruling left-wing Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) that is loyal to President Luis Arce concluded a disputed party congress by removing former president Evo Morales (2006-2019) as MAS leader, a position he has held since 1997.... Read More

*Bolivia’s national statistics institute (INE) has announced that the country’s GDP grew by 3.08% in 2023.... Read More

On 6 May the lower house of Brazil’s congress approved legislation proposed by the federal government to allow more funding to address the severe flooding in Rio Grande do Sul state.... Read More

*Brazil’s national statistics institute (Ibge) has released its latest figures for the country’s industrial production, showing a monthly increase of 0.9% in March.... Read More

*The Dominican Republic’s central bank (BCRD) has released new figures which show that monthly inflation stood at -0.10% in April while the annual rate was 3.03%.... Read More

On 5 May the attorney general of Baja California state confirmed that three bodies found dumped in an isolated well south of the city of Ensenada were two Australian brothers and a US citizen who had gone missing ten days earlier during a surfing and camping trip to the state.  ... Read More

*Mexico’s national social security institute (IMSS) has released a report showing that it had registered 22.37m jobs as of 30 April.... Read More

On 6 May Argentina’s President Javier Milei addressed the Global Conference of the US think tank Milken Institute, alongside a meeting with US billionaire Elon Musk, while trade unions flexed their muscles at home.... Read More

*Paraguay’s central bank (BCP) has announced that monthly inflation in April was 0.8%, down from 1.1% the previous month.... Read More