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LatinNews Daily - 02 April 2024
Main Briefing
On 1 April Peru’s President Dina Boluarte carried out a cabinet reshuffle after two ministers resigned in the wake of police raids on her home and the presidential palace.... Read More
Andean
*Peru’s national statistics institute (Inei) has announced that the country’s mining & hydrocarbons sector experienced a 15.94% year-on-year expansion in February.... Read More
Brazil
On 31 March several cabinet ministers took to social media to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the 1964 coup which installed a military dictatorship in Brazil (1964-1985), whilst President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva did not hold any official events to mark the anniversary.... Read More
*Brazil’s national statistics institute (Ibge) has released its latest unemployment figures, showing a jobless rate of 7.8% for the December 2023-February 2024 rolling quarter.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
On 1 April at least five police officers were injured, with one seriously injured, during a prolonged armed attack on Haiti’s national palace, which was accompanied by indiscriminate shooting in the centre of the capital, Port-au-Prince, as diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis in the country continued.... Read More
*International credit ratings agency Fitch Ratings has downgraded Panama's Long-Term Foreign Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to ‘BB+’ from ‘BBB-’, which represents a loss of its investment grade.... Read More
Mexico
On 1 April a candidate for mayor in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato was shot dead.... Read More
*Mexico’s central bank (Banxico) has released new figures which show that remittances to Mexico totalled US$4.51bn in February 2024, up 3.8% in annual terms.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 31 March Argentina and Colombia’s foreign ministries issued a joint statement in which they reaffirmed their two countries’ diplomatic relations and the restoration of their respective diplomatic missions, after the escalation of a war of words between Presidents Javier Milei and Gustavo Petro had led Colombia to announce the expulsion of Argentine diplomats.... Read More
*Chile’s central bank (BCCh) has released its monthly index of economic activity (Imacec) for February, which shows a yearly increase of 4.5% and a rise of 0.8% compared to the previous month.... Read More
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- PERU: Boluarte targeted in police raids
- In brief: Peru’s mining & hydrocarbons sector grows
- BRAZIL: Lula silent on 1964 coup anniversary
- In brief: Brazil’s unemployment sees quarterly rise
- HAITI: Gangs attack national palace
- In brief: Panama's credit rating downgraded
- MEXICO: Mayoral candidate murdered in Guanajuato
- In brief: Remittances to Mexico rise
- ARGENTINA/COLOMBIA: Governments de-escalate tensions after spat
- In brief: Chile’s economic activity up