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LatinNews Daily - 25 April 2024
Main Briefing
On 24 April Peru’s attorney general’s office announced that it has expanded its investigation into President Dina Boluarte to include alleged bribery.... Read More
Andean
*The heads of state of member countries of the left-wing regional alliance Alianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra América (Alba) have met in Venezuela to attend the alliance’s 23rd summit.... Read More
Brazil
On 24 April US tech company Google updated its content policies in Brazil to block adverts promoting political campaigns for the October municipal elections.... Read More
*Brazil’s finance minister, Fernando Haddad, has submitted to congress the first set of proposed regulations to be added to the landmark tax reform approved last year.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
On 24 April the first presidential debate took place in the Dominican Republic ahead of the 19 May elections involving the three main candidates: President Luis Abinader of the ruling Partido Revolucionario Moderno (PRM); former president (Partido de la Liberación Dominicana, PLD, 1996-2000, 2004-2012) Leonel Fernández, now running for Fuerza del Pueblo (FP); and Abel Martínez (PLD) the now former mayor of Santiago de los Caballeros (2016-2024), capital of Santiago province.... Read More
*Nicaragua’s authoritarian government led by President Daniel Ortega has authorised two more mining lots, both to Chinese firm Thomas Metal SA owned by Chinese businessman Gu Xiangming.... Read More
Mexico
On 24 April Mexico’s federal lower chamber of deputies approved controversial reforms to two separate laws related to the judicial system.... Read More
*Mexico’s national statistics institute (Inegi) has released consumer price index figures for the first half of April, which shows inflation increasing by 0.09% as compared to the previous two-week period.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 24 April Chile’s government confirmed that Ricardo Yáñez, the general director of the militarised Carabineros police force, would resign before he is formally charged with responsibility for human rights abuses committed during the 2019 ‘Estallido Social’ unrest.... Read More
*Chile’s finance minister, Mario Marcel, has told reporters that the government led by President Gabriel Boric hopes to have “between ten and 12” green hydrogen projects confirmed before the end of its mandate in 2026.... Read More
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- PERU: Investigation into Boluarte expanded
- In brief: Venezuela hosts Alba summit
- BRAZIL: Google to block political ads for municipal elections
- In brief: Gov’t submits new rules for Brazil’s tax reform
- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Main candidates face off in first presidential debate
- In brief: Nicaragua authorises more mining licences
- MEXICO: Lower chamber approves controversial reforms
- In brief: Annual inflation up in Mexico
- CHILE: Carabineros chief to resign
- In brief: Chile reveals green hydrogen goals