LatinNews Daily - 4 November 2024

On 3 November Bolivia’s former left-wing president Evo Morales (2006-2019) said that he would stage a hunger strike, which he launched two days earlier, until the government of his former ally, President Luis Arce, agrees to hold a political dialogue.... Read More

*The European Union (EU)’s commissioner for trade, Valdis Dombrovskis, has hailed the entry into effect of a trade deal with Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador, which he says covers €33bn (US$36bn) in trade and supports economies on both sides.... Read More

On 2 November the Venezuelan foreign ministry accused Brazil of “meddling” in its affairs, in response to a statement from Itamaraty, the Brazilian foreign ministry, expressing “surprise” at Venezuelan authorities’ “offensive tone”. ... Read More

*Brazil’s national statistics institute (Ibge) has released its latest figures for the country’s industrial production, which showed a monthly rise of 1.1% in September and a 3.4% rise compared to September last year.... Read More

On 1 November the international media reported that Haiti’s Viv Ansanm united front of gangs, headed up by prominent gang leader Jimmy ‘Barbecue’ Chérizier, had attacked the Missionaries of Charity convent in Delmas, a Port-au-Prince neighbourhood.... Read More

*The Dominican Republic’s central bank (BCRD) has lowered its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points, to 6.25% from 6.50%.... Read More

On 3 November protesters took to the streets of San Cristóbal de las Casas, a city in Mexico’s southern state of Chiapas, to demand justice for the killing of Catholic priest and activist Marcelo Pérez Pérez on 20 October.... Read More

*The International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s executive board has approved a review under its flexible credit line (FCL) arrangement with Mexico.... Read More

On 1 November an Argentine judge rejected an appeal by the governor of the north-western province of La Rioja, Ricardo Quintela, against a decision by the electoral council of the opposition Partido Justicialista (PJ, Peronist) to bar him from participating in internal elections, paving the way for the coronation of former president Cristina Fernández (2007-2015) as the undisputed party leader.... Read More

*Argentina’s central bank (BCRA) has announced that it is lowering the country’s benchmark interest rate by five basis points to 35%.... Read More

Venezuela: On 29 October US Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Brian Nichols wrote on social media that “we are shocked and saddened by the death of prominent Venezuelan democratic activist Edwin Santos.... Read More