LatinNews Daily - 10 January 2025

On 9 January the Venezuelan opposition leader, María Corina Machado, was arrested and then released as she made her first public appearance in months at a protest in Caracas.... Read More

*Peru’s central bank (BCRP) has lowered its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 4.75%.... Read More

On 9 January Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said that the decision by US-based social media company Meta to end its third-party fact-checking programme was “extremely serious”.... Read More

*Brazil’s national statistics institute (Ibge) has released its figures for the country’s retail sales in November 2024, showing a 0.4% monthly drop but a 4.7% increase compared to November 2023.... Read More

On 9 January Panama’s President José Raúl Mulino participated in an event to commemorate the 61st anniversary of Martyrs’ Day, which marks the death of 21 protesters in clashes with police and the US army as riots erupted over US sovereignty over the Panama Canal.... Read More

*Guatemala’s central bank (Banguat) has released new figures showing that remittances to the country totalled US$21.51bn in 2024, up 8.6% on the previous year.... Read More

On 9 January Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum met with councillors from the national electoral institute (INE) to “ensure the transparency and certainty of the elections of the judicial power”, which are due on 1 June.... Read More

*Mexico’s central bank (Banxico) has announced that it anticipates making larger interest rate cuts in its upcoming meetings as inflation continues to ease.... Read More

On 9 January Argentine police forces evicted an indigenous Mapuche community from the land it was occupying in Los Alerces national park, in the Patagonian province of Chubut. ... Read More

*Argentina’s Finance Secretary Pablo Quirno has announced that the government has met its deadline for recent debt obligations.... Read More