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LatinNews Daily - 1 November 2024
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On 31 October former policemen Ronnie Lessa and Élcio Vieira de Queiroz were found guilty of committing one of Brazil’s most high-profile political assassinations in recent years, the 2018 killing of Rio de Janeiro city councillor Marielle Franco. ... Read More
Andean
On 31 October Bolivia’s supreme electoral court (TSE) announced that judicial elections scheduled for 1 December would be postponed until 15 December due to the fierce protests sweeping the country in support of former president Evo Morales (2006-2019).... Read More
*Colombia’s central bank (Banrep) has cut its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to 9.75%.... Read More
Brazil
*Brazil’s national statistics institute (Ibge) has released its latest unemployment figures, showing a jobless rate of 6.4% for the third quarter of 2024.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
On 31 October Nicaragua’s 92-member unicameral legislature, which like all institutions is controlled by President Daniel Ortega’s Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN), approved a new telecommunications law.... Read More
*Panama’s 71-member unicameral legislature has approved the country’s 2025 budget for US$30.11bn.... Read More
Mexico
On 31 October Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum published a decree in the official gazette (DOF) to prevent courts from challenging constitutional reforms.... Read More
*Mexico’s finance ministry (SHCP) has refinanced bonds worth M$47.49bn (US$2.37bn) on the local market, in the first liability management exercise of the new administration led by President Claudia Sheinbaum.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 31 October Federico Sturzenegger, Argentina’s minister for deregulation and transformation of the state, said that in its first nine months in office, the government had laid off 33,291 public sector workers, around 10% of the total payroll (as it stood at the end of August).... Read More
*The provincial government of Catamarca in Argentina has announced that Galan Lithium, an Australian mining company, will invest US$200m in its Hombre Muerto Oeste lithium project in the Puna region of Catamarca.... Read More
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- BRAZIL: Court convicts killers of Marielle Franco
- BOLIVIA: Judicial elections postponed due to protests
- In brief: Colombia cuts interest rates
- In brief: Brazil’s unemployment down in Q3
- NICARAGUA: New telecoms law approved
- In brief: Panama approves 2025 budget
- MEXICO: Sheinbaum publishes decree to shield constitutional reforms
- In brief: Mexico refinances debt on domestic market
- ARGENTINA: Minister underlines public sector layoffs
- In brief: More lithium investment in Argentina