LatinNews Daily - 05 February 2024

On 4 February El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele claimed he had won a second five-year term in the presidential election which took place the same day by over 85% of the votes.... Read More

On 3 February Peru’s constitutional court (TC) rejected an appeal against an investigation into the suspended attorney general Patricia Benavides, one day after another court ruling dealt a setback to controversial efforts in congress to impeach the judicial oversight body (JNJ).... Read More

*Protesters have provisionally lifted roadblocks around Bolivia following the reaching of a political agreement on the holding of overdue judicial elections.... Read More

On 2 February Brazil’s ruling Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) held a ceremony to officially reinstate Marta Suplicy, a former mayor of São Paulo (2001-2005) who broke ranks with the PT in 2015.... Read More

*Brazil’s national statistics institute (Ibge) has released figures for the country’s industrial production in December 2023, showing a 1.1% monthly increase, up 0.4 percentage points compared to the monthly increase registered in November.... Read More

*Cuba’s council of state, which is led by President Miguel Díaz-Canel, has sacked Economy Minister Alejandro Gil, replacing him with Joaquín Alonso Vázquez, the president of the central bank (BCC).... Read More

On 2 February federal government officials in Mexico met with representatives from the national electoral institute (INE) to agree a protection plan for candidates participating in this year’s elections.... Read More

*Mexico’s national statistics institute (Inegi) has released new figures which show that in November 2023, gross fixed capital formation (GFCF) was up by 20.1% year-on-year but decreased by 1.3% in monthly terms on seasonally adjusted figures.... Read More

On 2 February Argentina’s lower chamber of congress gave an initial thumbs up to the government’s omnibus bill of reforms.... Read More

*Chile’s President Gabriel Boric has thanked the Latin American Development Bank (CAF) for its “important support” in helping the government respond to devastating forest fires which broke out in the central region of Valparaíso on 2 February.... Read More

The Bahamas/Region: On 29 January Trinidad & Tobago’s Prime Minister Keith Rowley met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Washington.... Read More