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LatinNews Daily - 19 November 2024
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On 18 November the two-day G20 leaders’ summit began in Brazil, where the group signed a joint statement which reflected the foreign policy priorities of the summit’s host, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.... Read More
Andean
On 18 November Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro denied that the previous day’s release of up to 225 political prisoners had been the result of negotiations with the opposition.... Read More
*Colombia’s national statistics department (Dane) has announced that the country’s GDP grew by 2.0% in the third quarter of 2024, compared with the same quarter in 2023.... Read More
Brazil
*The economic policy secretariat (SPE) of Brazil’s finance ministry has released the November edition of its bi-monthly Boletim MacroFiscal report, in which the GDP forecast was raised from 3.2% to 3.3%.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
On 18 November the US-based press freedom lobby group Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) expressed concern about a recent Guatemalan appeals court decision ordering high-profile journalist José Rubén Zamora, the founder of investigative daily elPeriódico, back to prison.... Read More
*Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega has presented a new route for the ‘Gran Canal’ which would link the country’s Caribbean and Pacific coasts.... Read More
Mexico
On 18 November business leaders in the Mexican border city Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, expressed concern over current and future job losses caused by the threat of increased border tariffs made by US President-elect Donald Trump.... Read More
*Mexico’s influential business lobby group Confederación Patronal de la República Mexicana (Coparmex) has called for a revision of the government’s 2025 budget proposal which was unveiled on 15 November.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 18 November the Argentine government led by President Javier Milei announced the closure of Compañía Sudamericana de Valores, formerly known as Ciccone Calcográfica, a money-printing firm which had the lucrative sole contract to print the country’s bank notes.... Read More
*Chile’s central bank (BCCh) has released its latest figures on GDP growth, showing that economic activity grew 0.7% in the third quarter of 2024 with respect to the previous quarter.... Read More
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- BRAZIL: Boost for Lula as G20 leaders agree on joint declaration
- VENEZUELA: Maduro denies opposition role in release of political prisoners
- In brief: Colombia’s GDP growth slows
- In brief: Brazil’s gov’t raises GDP and inflation forecasts
- GUATEMALA: Concern as high-profile journalist ordered back to jail
- In brief: Nicaragua refloats ‘Gran Canal’ initiative to China
- MEXICO: Business worried over Trump tariffs
- In brief: Mexico’s private sector responds to budget proposal
- ARGENTINA: Milei winds up money-printing firm
- In brief: Chile’s growth picks up in Q3