LatinNews Daily - 24 April 2024

On 23 April hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets across Argentina to protest budget cuts to public universities in what was reportedly the largest demonstration yet against President Javier Milei’s austerity measures.... Read More

On 23 April Karim Khan, the top prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, opened an ICC office in Caracas and met with Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro, who suggested that expelled staff from the United Nations (UN) Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) would be allowed to return to the country.... Read More

*The Colombian senate has approved a pension reform bill submitted by President Gustavo Petro’s government, greenlighting the legislation with 49 votes in favour and four against.... Read More

On 23 April Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva held a breakfast event with journalists, during which he was grilled on the recent tensions between his government and congress, particularly with the president of the lower chamber, Arthur Lira.... Read More

*The Receita Federal do Brasil (RFB), the tax authority tied to Brazil’s finance ministry, has released its latest revenue figures, showing a tax take of R$190.61bn (US$37.14bn) in March.... Read More

On 23 April Nicaragua’s government led by President Daniel Ortega announced it had signed a declaration with Russia on “countering illegal sanctions”.... Read More

*Honduras’s central bank (BCH) has released new figures which show that the country’s monthly indicator of economic activity (Imae) was up by 5.4% in February compared with the same month of 2023, while accumulated growth in economic activity in the first two months was 5.1%.... Read More

On 23 April Mexico’s foreign minister, Alicia Bárcena, hosted her Guatemalan counterpart, Carlos Ramiro Martínez.... Read More

*Mexico’s national statistics institute (Inegi) has announced that economic activity increased by 1.4% in February compared with the previous month.... Read More

*Argentina’s national statistics institute (Indec) has reported that in February the monthly estimate of economic activity (Emae) decreased by 0.2% as compared to the previous month and was down 3.2% year-on-year.... Read More