LatinNews Daily - 2 April 2025

On 1 April Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa, who is running for re-election, said he had enjoyed a “positive” meeting last weekend with his US counterpart Donald Trump to discuss various issues, including security and migration.... Read More

*Luis Del Carpio, the executive director of Peru’s investment promotion agency (Proinversión), has announced that the agency is promoting 116 public-private partnership projects (PPPs) worth US$70bn between 2025 and 2026.... Read More

On 1 April Brazil’s senate approved a bill (PL 2088/2023) to authorise the government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to impose trade barriers in retaliation to tariffs on Brazilian exports.... Read More

*Brazil’s federal oil and gas regulatory agency (ANP) has released its official production figures for February, which showed that monthly oil and natural gas production totalled 4.49m barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd), up from 4.46m boepd in January.... Read More

On 1 April Stéphane Dujarric, spokesperson for the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres, condemned a large-scale gang attack which took place in Mirebalais city, in Haiti’s Centre department, which resulted in the escape of over 500 prisoners.... Read More

*Honduras’ central bank (BCH) has announced that monthly inflation in March was 0.24%, down from 1.15% the previous month.... Read More

On 1 April Mexico’s finance ministry (SHCP) revised down its economic growth forecast for this year due to “business caution driven by uncertainty around US trade policy”, among other factors.... Read More

*Mexico’s central bank (Banxico) has released new figures which show that Mexico received US$4.46bn in remittances in February 2025, down 0.8% year-on-year.... Read More

On 1 April Paraguay’s government led by President Santiago Peña summoned Brazil’s ambassador in Asunción, José Antônio Marcondes de Carvalho, to request a report from the Brazilian government about an “intelligence action” carried out against Paraguay between June 2022 and March 2023.... Read More

*Chile’s President Gabriel Boric and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi have announced that their countries have begun negotiations for a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (Cepa), which will formalise the commitment to work collaboratively to strengthen the bilateral economic relationship.... Read More