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LatinNews Daily - 24 January 2024
Main Briefing
On 23 January the US State Department expressed concern at over 30 arrest warrants issued in Venezuela in recent days, which it said violate the agreement reached in October between President Nicolás Maduro’s government and the opposition.... Read More
Andean
*Bolivia’s Economy Minister Marcelo Montenegro has said that roadblocks set up by supporters of former president Evo Morales (2006-2019) are costing the economy around US$128m per day.... Read More
Brazil
On 23 January Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva gave a radio interview in which he said that the federal government would help local authorities address recent violence against an indigenous community in the north-eastern state of Bahia.... Read More
*The tax authority of Brazil’s government, Receita Federal do Brasil (RFB), has released its latest tax revenue figures, showing a total national tax take of R$2.32trn (US$468bn) for 2023.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
On 23 January Costa Rica’s President Rodrigo Chaves, the head of the judiciary, Orlando Aguirre, and the president of the legislature, Rodrigo Arias, announced an agreement to expedite ten legislative bills on citizens’ security.... Read More
*Costa Rica’s official export promotion agency (Procomer) has released new figures which show that the country’s goods exports totalled US$18.24bn in 2023, up 15.5% on 2022, a growth rate which Procomer describes as the “second most significant” of the past five years.... Read More
Mexico
On 23 January Mexico’s foreign ministry (SRE) hailed a ruling by a US federal appeals court reversing a 2022 lower court decision which had dismissed a lawsuit pursued by Mexico against gun manufacturers in the US for their alleged responsibility in illegal arms trafficking to Mexico.... Read More
*Octavio Romero Oropeza, the CEO of Mexico’s state-run oil company, Pemex, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Venezuela’s oil minister, Pedro Tellechea, who is also the president of state oil company Petróleos de Venezuela (Pdvsa).... Read More
Southern Cone
On 23 January Paraguay’s Foreign Minister Rubén Ramírez Lezcano met with his Uruguayan counterpart, Omar Paganini, prior to a wider meeting of Southern Common Market (Mercosur) foreign ministers in Asunción today (24 January).... Read More
*Argentina’s national statistics institute (Indec) has reported that in November the monthly index of economic activity (Emae) decreased by 1.4% as compared to the previous month and was down 0.9% year-on-year.... Read More
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- VENEZUELA: Renewed crackdown draws US concern
- In brief: Bolivia’s gov’t highlights cost of pro-Morales protests
- BRAZIL: Gov’t addresses anti-indigenous violence in northeast
- In brief: Brazil’s annual tax take decreases in real terms
- COSTA RICA: Chaves unveils package of security bills
- In brief: Costa Rica’s exports post solid growth
- MEXICO: Gov’t hails US ruling reviving lawsuit against US gunmakers
- In brief: Mexico’s Pemex signs agreement with Venezuela
- PARAGUAY/REGION: Asunción prepares for Mercosur meeting
- In brief: Argentina’s economic activity falls