LatinNews Daily - 25 November 2024

On 24 November Yamandú Orsi, of the left-wing opposition Frente Amplio (FA), won the second round of Uruguay’s presidential elections in a tight contest with Álvaro Delgado, of the ruling multi-colour coalition led by his centre-right Partido Nacional (PN, Blancos).... Read More

On 22 November Venezuela’s attorney general’s office announced that the opposition leader María Corina Machado has been placed under investigation for supporting a US bill that would toughen sanctions on Venezuela.... Read More

*Peru’s national statistics institute (Inei) has registered GDP growth of 3.8% in the third quarter of 2024, compared with the same period last year.... Read More

On 22 November, Brazil’s Confederação Nacional da Indústria (CNI) lobby issued a statement expressing “indignation” at French supermarket group Carrefour’s decision to suspend meat purchases from the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) countries.  ... Read More

*Brazil’s state oil company, Petrobras, has announced that it will invest US$111bn as part of its business plan for 2025-2029.... Read More

On 24 November the US ambassador to El Salvador, William Duncan, said that the seizure by the Salvadorean navy of 2.6 tonnes of cocaine over the weekend would “impact” criminal cartels.... Read More

*The World Bank’s board of executive directors has approved US$54m in assistance to support Barbados’ recovery from the impacts of Hurricane Beryl which passed 150km off Barbados’ southern coast on 1 July, causing extensive damage.... Read More

On 24 November Mexico’s federal public security minister, Omar García Harfuch, stated that the federal security cabinet was coordinating with authorities in the southern state of Tabasco following a massacre in a bar in state capital Villahermosa.... Read More

*Mexico’s national statistics institute (Inegi) has released its latest global indicator of economic activity (IGAE), revealing a slight uptick in Mexico’s economic activity.... Read More

*Chile’s President Gabriel Boric has celebrated the results of the second round of regional elections, which saw the re-election of Claudio Orrego as governor of the Metropolitan Region of Santiago (RM) – Chile’s most populous region.... Read More

Peru: On 15 November US President Joe Biden met with Peru’s President Dina Boluarte in Peru’s capital Lima at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) Leaders’ Week, which Peru hosted.... Read More