LatinNews Daily - 3 September 2024

On 2 September a Venezuelan judge issued an arrest warrant for Edmundo González, the opposition candidate in the disputed 28 July presidential election.... Read More

*Truck drivers have blocked several highways around Colombia in protest at a cut to diesel subsidies which came into force yesterday.... Read More

On 2 September a panel of five justices from Brazil’s 11-member supreme court (STF) unanimously voted to uphold the recent monocratic (individual) decision by STF justice Alexandre de Moraes to suspend the social media platform X (formerly Twitter) in Brazil.... Read More

*Brazil’s federal oil and gas regulator (ANP) has released an annual report which included projections for investments in the sector from 2024-2027, which is expected to total R$18.31bn (US$3.26bn) for oil and gas exploration.... Read More

On 2 September Guatemala’s President Bernardo Arévalo unveiled the government’s proposed 2025 budget for Q148.53bn (US$19.21bn).... Read More

*Honduras’ central bank (BCH) has released new inflation figures showing the monthly consumer price index (CPI) was 0.43% in August, down 0.21 percentage points on the previous month.... Read More

On 2 September workers of Mexico’s supreme court (SCJN) announced they were going on strike in protest against the government’s proposed judicial reform, which proposes the direct, popular election of judges, among other things.... Read More

*Economic analysts surveyed by Mexico’s central bank (Banxico) have revised down their 2024 GDP growth forecast for Mexico to 1.57%, down from a previous (July) forecast of 1.8%.... Read More

On 2 September Argentina’s President Javier Milei delivered a speech at the headquarters of the Unión Industrial Argentina (UIA), the industrial sector lobby, in Buenos Aires to mark the Day of Industry, during which he thanked assembled businessmen and industrialists for being “patient” after nine “arduous” months as his government changes course away from “damaging economic ideas”.... Read More

*Chile’s central bank (BCCh) has reported that its monthly index of economic activity (Imacec), which is considered an advance estimate of GDP, increased by 4.2% in July 2024 compared to the same month in 2023, surpassing estimates from economists.... Read More