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LatinNews Daily - 21 November 2024
Main Briefing
On 20 November Nicaragua’s authoritarian President Daniel Ortega unveiled a proposed constitutional reform package.... Read More
Andean
On 20 November Wigberto Nicanor Boluarte, the brother of Peru’s President Dina Boluarte, did not attend a court session where he was sentenced to three years’ pre-trial detention for alleged influence peddling.... Read More
*Colombia’s Environment Minister Susana Muhamad has announced US$92m in funding from the United Nations Green Climate Fund for the Sumapaz-Chingaza-Guerrero conservation corridor, which plays a vital role in supplying fresh water to the capital Bogotá.... Read More
Brazil
On 20 November Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva hosted his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Brasília, where government officials signed 37 bilateral agreements.... Read More
*Brazil’s ministry of ports and airports has registered a monthly record of 10.4m people who travelled by air through Brazilian airports in October, up 7.8% compared with the same month last year.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
*Guatemala’s congress has approved a competition law that seeks to guarantee transparent markets and tackle monopolies and corrupt business practices.... Read More
Mexico
On 20 November a bill authorising the disappearance of seven autonomous regulatory agencies was passed by Mexico’s lower chamber of congress in a 347-128 vote.... Read More
*The president of Mexico’s water advisory council Consejo Consultivo del Agua, Raúl Rodríguez, has called for President Claudia Sheinbaum’s government to reconsider its budget proposal for 2025, expressing concern over a decrease in funding for Mexico’s national water commission (Conagua).... Read More
Southern Cone
On 20 November Argentina’s President Javier Milei hosted Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at the Casa Rosada presidential palace.... Read More
*Argentina’s national statistics institute (Indec) has released new figures showing that the country registered a trade surplus of US$888m in October.... Read More
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- NICARAGUA: Ortega seeks to consolidate power
- PERU: Boluarte’s brother ordered to prison
- In brief: Colombia receives funding to protect Bogotá’s water supply
- BRAZIL: Lula shores up relations with China
- In brief: Brazil registers record levels of air travel in October
- In brief: Guatemala’s congress approves competition law
- MEXICO: Autonomous agencies face cancellation
- In brief: Concern over planned cuts to water spending in Mexico
- ARGENTINA: Milei boosts ties with Italy’s Meloni
- In brief: Argentina’s trade surplus registers second monthly drop