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LatinNews Daily - 8 November 2024
Main Briefing
Negotiating teams for the Colombian government and the Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) guerrilla group will meet for another round of peace talks between 19 and 25 November, according to a joint statement released on 7 November. ... Read More
Andean
*Peru’s central bank (BCRP) has lowered its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 5.00%.... Read More
Brazil
On 7 November the Rede de Observatórios da Segurança, a platform comprising nine Brazilian NGOs and universities, released a report showing increases in levels of police lethality and the disproportionate racial impact of police violence.... Read More
*Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petrobras has released its earnings report for the third quarter, which showed a net profit of R$32.56bn (US$5.72bn), in contrast to the net loss of R$2.61bn registered in the second quarter.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
On 7 November students from Panama’s state university, Universidad de Panamá (UP), staged protests for a second day on the Transístmica highway, a major Panama City artery, against the proposed package of reforms to the social security system (CSS) unveiled the previous day by the government led by President José Raúl Mulino.... Read More
*The US Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (Aphis) has authorised the importation of fresh Hass avocados from Guatemala into the US, as of today (8 November).... Read More
Mexico
On 7 November Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum announced she had held a “very cordial” phone call with US president-elect Donald Trump.... Read More
*Mexico’s national statistics institute (Inegi) has released the consumer price index for October, showing monthly inflation of 0.55%, up from 0.05% in September and 0.01% in August.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 7 November the Argentine government published a resolution approving the deregulation of airport operating services around the country.... Read More
*Argentina’s national statistics institute (Indec) has released data on construction activity and industrial production in September, showing a year-on-year decrease of 24.8% in construction and a yearly drop of 6.1% in industrial production. These annual decreases are smaller than those registered last month, with construction registering a yearly decline of 26.4% and industrial production rising 6.9% in August.... Read More
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- COLOMBIA: Government agrees to new round of ELN peace talks
- In brief: Peru reduces interest rates
- BRAZIL: NGOs raise alarm on police brutality
- In brief: Brazil’s Petrobras posts rise in profits
- PANAMA: Backlash to proposed CSS reforms
- In brief: US greenlights Guatemala Hass avocados
- MEXICO: Gov’t works to assuage Trump concerns
- In brief: Headline inflation up in Mexico while core rate slows
- ARGENTINA: Government takes action against aviation strike
- In brief: Industrial production, construction drop year-on-year in Argentina