LatinNews Daily - 27 February 2024

On 26 February Costa Rica’s 57-member unicameral legislature approved a report by an investigating committee which accuses President Rodrigo Chaves of being the intellectual author of an irregular financing scheme for his 2021-2022 election campaign.... Read More

On 26 February the Colombian government and the Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) guerrilla group announced that they will resume peace talks, which were paused by the ELN on 20 February.... Read More

*Bolivia’s central bank (BCB) has announced that it is issuing new dollar bonds, which it said will be available to individuals as “a safe and profitable savings alternative”.... Read More

On 26 February local media cited sources from Brazil’s federal police (PF) as confirming that investigators will include the speech made by former president Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2023) at a recent rally as evidence in their investigations into an alleged coup plot.... Read More

*Brazilian food processing company BRF has released its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2023, posting a quarterly net loss of R$754m (US$152m) and an annual net loss of R$1.87bn in 2023.... Read More

*Honduras’s leftist government led by President Xiomara Castro has announced an agreement with the private sector and unions to increase the minimum wage between 5.50% and 7% for 2024 and 2025 – an agreement retroactive as of the start of the year.... Read More

On 26 February local press in Mexico reported the killing of Miguel Ángel Zavala, a pre-candidate for the federally ruling Movimiento Regeneración Nacional (Morena) for mayor of Maravatío municipality, Michoacán state.... Read More

*Amazon Web Services (AWS), a subsidiary of US company Amazon providing cloud computing services, has announced it will invest over US$5bn over 15 years in a new cluster of data centres in Mexico’s Querétaro state.... Read More

On 26 February the Peronist governor of Argentina’s most populous province of Buenos Aires, Axel Kicillof, filed a suit before the supreme court against the state after the government led by President Javier Milei eliminated a federal fund received by the provincial government.... Read More

*Argentina’s economy ministry has placed bonds on the domestic market totalling Ar$3.20trn (US$3.81bn).... Read More