LatinNews Daily - 8 January 2025

On 7 January the exiled Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo González denounced the “kidnapping” of his son-in-law Rafael Tudares in Caracas.... Read More

*Peru’s investment promotion agency (Proinversión) has announced that the Spanish water company FCC Aqualia has been awarded a contract to build a water treatment facility in Chincha province, Ica region.... Read More

On 7 January Sidônio Palmeira, the marketing strategist who ran the 2022 election campaign of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, was appointed as the new presidential communications secretary.... Read More

*Brazil’s tourism ministry has released its annual figures for international tourism, registering a record 6.66m foreign tourists in 2024.... Read More

On 7 January Panama’s Foreign Minister Javier Martínez-Acha said the sovereignty of the Panama Canal is “non-negotiable”.... Read More

*The Dominican Republic’s central bank (BCRD) has released new figures which show monthly inflation in December was 0.70%, bringing the year-on-year rate to 3.35%.... Read More

On 7 January Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum announced a new national prevention campaign against the synthetic opioid fentanyl.... Read More

*Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum has announced that the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) will not be threatened by the recent resignation of Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the potential election of Conservative Party leader, Pierre Poilievre.... Read More

On 7 January Chilean ministers confirmed that fugitive former guerrilla Pablo Muñoz Hoffman had been released one day after his arrest in Bolivia, despite an Interpol red notice against him and Chile’s plans to seek his extradition.... Read More

*Argentina’s central bank (BCRA) has reported that in its latest (December 2024) survey of market expectations (REM), private analysts lowered their monthly inflation forecast for December 2024 to 2.7%, down 0.2 percentage points on its previous monthly survey.... Read More