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Wednesday, 07 January 2026
BRAZIL: Exports up in 2025 despite US tariffs
On 6 January Brazil’s ministry for development, industry, trade, and services (MDIC) released the annual trade figures for 2025, which showed a total export value of US$348.7bn, up 3.5% compared to 2024.
Wednesday, 07 January 2026
HONDURAS: Nasralla’s appeals against election result rejected
On 6 January Mario Flores Urrutia, the president of Honduras’ electoral justice tribunal (TJE), said that three appeals against the 30 November election result presented by Salvador Nasralla, the presidential candidate for the opposition Partido Liberal (PL), had been rejected.
Wednesday, 07 January 2026
MEXICO: Godoy continues FGR overhaul
On 6 January Mexico’s attorney general (AG), Ernestina Godoy, confirmed a series of new appointments as she seeks to overhaul the federal attorney general’s office (FGR).
Wednesday, 07 January 2026
CHILE: Kast visits Peru to talk migration
On 6 January Chile’s president-elect José Antonio Kast travelled to Peru ahead of a meeting with President José Jerí in a push to open up a regional ‘humanitarian corridor’ to facilitate the repatriation of illegal Venezuelan immigrants.
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