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LatinNews Daily - 12 February 2024
Main Briefing
On 9 February Colombia’s government and the Segunda Marquetalia grouping of dissident units of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Farc) guerrilla group announced that they will begin peace talks.... Read More
Andean
*Venezuela’s central bank (BCV) has released its latest consumer price index, putting monthly inflation in January at 1.7% – down from 2.4% in December.... Read More
Brazil
On 11 February active service army colonel Bernardo Corrêa Netto was arrested at Brasília’s international airport, on his return to Brazil from the US.... Read More
*Brazil’s national council of coffee exporters (Cecafé) has announced that coffee exports surged by 39% year-on-year in January, hitting a new record for the month.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
On 9 February Guyana’s Foreign Minister Hugh Todd told the foreign media that the deployment of Venezuelan troops and military assets to the border of the disputed Essequibo region reflect “inconsistencies” between Venezuela’s “diplomatic and military posture”.... Read More
*Nicaragua’s 92-member unicameral legislature has approved an agreement signed by the finance ministry and Chinese firm China CAMC Engineering (CAMCE) for a total of US$482.9m for the reconstruction, expansion and improvement of the small Punta Huete (Panchito) airport in Managua.... Read More
Mexico
On 10 February the mayor of Ecatepec de Morelos municipality, in Mexico’s Estado de México (Edomex), condemned the killing of Yair Martín Romero Segura, an aspiring federal deputy for the ruling Movimiento Regeneración Nacional (Morena).... Read More
*Mexico’s national statistics institute (Inegi) has published new data for its monthly index of industrial activity (Imai), showing that industrial production decreased by 0.7% in December 2023.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 9 February Argentina’s President Javier Milei, while on a state visit to Italy, announced the dismissal of two senior officials in his government, both of whom are linked to provincial governors who have opposed his omnibus economic reform bill.... Read More
*Chile’s President Gabriel Boric has announced the creation of a reconstruction committee to lead the rebuilding of the areas affected by devastating wildfires which broke out in the central region of Valparaíso on 2 February.... Read More
Washington Watch
El Salvador: On 5 February US Secretary of State Antony Blinken congratulated El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele on his re-election victory the previous day.... Read More
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- COLOMBIA: Second dissident Farc alliance joins peace process
- In brief: Venezuela’s central bank claims drop in inflation
- BRAZIL: Army colonel arrested at Brasília airport
- In brief: Brazil sees record coffee exports in January
- GUYANA/VENEZUELA: Tensions build over Venezuelan military deployment
- In brief: New Chinese loan for Nicaragua airport greenlighted
- MEXICO: More electoral violence as aspiring Morena deputy killed
- In brief: Mexico’s industrial production down in monthly terms
- ARGENTINA: Milei sacks two officials after reform setback
- In brief: Chile’s Boric launches wildfire reconstruction process
- US responds to Bukele’s win in El Salvador