LatinNews Daily - 14 February 2024

On 13 February Martha Janeth Mancera took over as Colombia’s interim attorney general after Francisco Barbosa reached the end of his four-year term, at a time of high tensions between the attorney general’s office and President Gustavo Petro’s government.... Read More

*Peru’s President Dina Boluarte has carried out a cabinet reshuffle, replacing four ministers including economy & finance minister Álex Contreras.... Read More

On 13 February Brazil’s health ministry released data showing that since the start of the year there have been 512,353 confirmed cases of dengue, the mosquito-borne tropical disease, resulting in at least 75 deaths.  ... Read More

*The CEO of Brazil’s state-run oil company Petrobras, Jean Paul Prates, has announced that negotiations are advancing for the company to regain operational control of the Landulpho Alves-Mataripe Refinery (RLAM) in the north-eastern state of Bahia.... Read More

On 13 February Guatemala’s new government confirmed that it had received a US donation of 19 vehicles to be used by the national police (PNC) to fight narco-trafficking.... Read More

*US-headquartered Freudenberg Medical, a global contract design and manufacturing (CDMO) partner to the medical device and biopharma industry, has announced it is to establish a second manufacturing site in Costa Rica with a US$25m investment.... Read More

On 13 February Evelyn Salgado, the governor of Mexico’s Guerrero state, announced the deployment of a further 100 security agents to bolster the 500 members of the state police, national guard (GN), and federal defence ministry (Sedena) in Chilpancingo, the state capital, who have been there since 7 February.... Read More

*Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has issued a presidential decree stipulating new tax breaks for the state-owned oil company, Pemex.... Read More

On 13 February Chile’s new ‘reconstruction committee’ met to coordinate support for areas affected by devastating wildfires that broke out in early February.... Read More

*Chile’s national competition authority (FNE) has authorised the sale of oil and lubricant distributor Esmax Distribución to Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company Aramco.... Read More