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LatinNews Daily - 30 January 2024
Main Briefing
On 29 January Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa ordered the prisons authority (SNAI) to begin the process of repatriating foreign prisoners, which his government argues is a necessary step in the escalating battle against criminal gangs.... Read More
Andean
*The US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (Ofac) has issued new restrictions on companies conducting transactions with Venezuela’s state-owned gold mining company Compañía General de Minería de Venezuela (Minerven), ordering that these have until 13 February to wind them down.... Read More
Brazil
On 29 January Brazil’s federal police (PF) served search & seizure warrants for the properties of Rio de Janeiro city councillor Carlos Bolsonaro, as part of a probe into illegal surveillance allegedly carried out by the national intelligence agency (Abin) during the presidency of his father Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2023).... Read More
*Brazilian mining company Vale has released its production figures for the fourth quarter of 2023, registering quarterly and yearly rises for almost all major products, such as iron ore and copper.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
On 29 January Guatemala’s new President Bernardo Arévalo held a brief face-to-face meeting with discredited attorney general (AG) María Consuelo Porras.... Read More
*The Dominican Republic’s central bank (BCRD) has released new figures which show that the country’s monthly index of economic activity (IMAE) was up 4.7% year-on-year in December 2023, which it said was the highest annual growth for a month last year.... Read More
Mexico
On 29 January Mexico’s interior ministry (Segob) confirmed the breach of personal information of 263 journalists following the hacking of a government database.... Read More
*Mexico’s tourism ministry (Sectur) has reported that 118.86m passengers travelled by air in Mexico on domestic and international flights in 2023.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 29 January the president of Argentina’s lower chamber of congress, Martín Menem, confirmed that the government’s omnibus bill will be debated by deputies and go to a vote tomorrow (31 January).... Read More
*Argentina’s trade secretary, which sits under the economy ministry, has announced the elimination of 69 regulations that “provided an obstacle to commercial relations in the internal market and promote an interventionist role of the State”.... Read More
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- In brief: Brazil’s Vale reports growth in iron ore production
- GUATEMALA: Arévalo holds first meeting with AG
- In brief: Dominican central bank hails strong growth
- MEXICO: Gov’t confirms journalists’ data breach
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- ARGENTINA: Omnibus bill to go to vote
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