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LatinNews Daily - 2 September 2024
MAIN BRIEFING
On 1 September Honduras’ President Xiomara Castro accepted the previous-day resignation of José Manuel Zelaya as defence minister.... Read More
ANDEAN
On 30 August a rector on Venezuela’s national electoral council (CNE), Juan Carlos Delpino, contradicted the claim of CNE president Elvis Amoroso that the disputed 28 July presidential election was targeted with a cyberattack.... Read More
*Peru’s mining and energy ministry (Minem) has announced that mining exports totalled US$4.11bn in May, up 17.2% compared with the same month in 2023.... Read More
BRAZIL
On 30 August supreme court (STF) justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered the suspension of the social media network X in Brazil, after the company owned by Elon Musk ignored a court order to appoint a legal representative to the country. ... Read More
*Brazil’s central bank (BCB) has announced that the public sector deficit stood at R$21.3bn (US$3.79bn) in July, down from R$35.8bn in the same month in 2023.... Read More
CENTRAL AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
*Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali has said that Guyana’s GDP is estimated to have grown by 49.7% in the first half of 2024, driven by the government’s “strategic planning and prudent financial policies”.... Read More
MEXICO
On 1 September Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador delivered his final annual state-of-the-nation report (Informe) from the main square, or Zócalo, in Mexico City (CDMX).... Read More
*Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has highlighted the reduction of poverty and inequality as the greatest achievement of his government.... Read More
SOUTHERN CONE
Early this morning (2 September) Argentina’s President Javier Milei issued a total veto of a bill approved by congress adopting a new inflation-adjusted formula for calculating pensions.... Read More
*Paraguay’s economy & finance minister, Carlos Fernández Valdovinos, has presented the government’s 2025 budget proposal to congress for G$132.9trn (US$17.56bn), an increase of 14% in comparison to the 2024 budget.... Read More
WASHINGTON WATCH
Venezuela: On 23 August the US State Department issued a press release stating that the 22 August ruling issued by Venezuela’s supreme court (TSJ) which declared President Nicolás Maduro the winner of the disputed 28 July presidential election “lacks all credibility, given the overwhelming evidence that [opposition candidate Edmundo] González received the most votes”.... Read More
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- HONDURAS: Defence minister quits over family narco scandal
- VENEZUELA: CNE rector questions official election narrative
- In brief: Peru sees increased revenue from mining exports
- BRAZIL: X shuttered as Musk spat with judge escalates
- In brief: Brazil’s public sector deficit shrinks
- In brief: Guyana posts strong GDP growth in first half of 2024
- MEXICO: López Obrador delivers triumphant final Informe
- In brief: Mexico’s López Obrador hails poverty reduction
- ARGENTINA: Milei vetoes pension bill
- In brief: Paraguay’s gov't presents 2025 budget proposal to congress
- US rejects Venezuela court ruling on election