LatinNews Daily - 15 February 2024

On 14 February Ecuador’s national electoral council (CNE) announced that a 10-question referendum called by President Daniel Noboa will be held on 21 April.... Read More

*Colombia’s national statistics department (Dane) has announced that the country’s industrial production fell by 3.2% in December compared with the same month in 2022.... Read More

On 14 February the Brazilian government began investigating the escape reported earlier that day of two convicted criminals from a high-security federal prison in Mossoró, in the state of Rio Grande do Norte. ... Read More

*Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has arrived in Egypt for talks with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi which will include discussions of the growing trade ties between the two countries.... Read More

On 14 February Guatemala’s new President Bernardo Arévalo swore in Santiago Palomo, a constitutional lawyer, as the head of a new national commission against corruption (CNC).... Read More

*Costa Rica’s finance ministry has released new figures which show that the country closed 2023 with a deficit of ¢1.53trn (US$2.96bn) – equivalent to 3.3% of GDP.... Read More

On 14 February Mexico’s leftist opposition Movimiento Ciudadano (MC) stated it would back some of the initiatives in President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s mega reform package.... Read More

*Mexico’s economy ministry (SE) has released its latest figures on foreign direct investment (FDI), which show that this reached US$36.06bn in 2023 up 2.2% on 2022.... Read More

On 14 February Paraguay’s senate voted to expel Kattya González of the centre-left opposition Partido Encuentro Nacional (PEN), raising concerns over democratic backsliding.... Read More

*Argentina’s national statistics institute (Indec) has released the latest consumer price index for January which shows monthly inflation was 20.6%, down from 25.5% in December 2023.... Read More