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LatinNews Daily - 4 April 2025
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On 3 April Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum celebrated the country’s exemption from the “reciprocal tariffs” implemented by US President Donald Trump the previous day and announced an 18-point plan to strengthen Mexico’s economy.... Read More
Andean
On 3 April Bolivia’s supreme electoral court (TSE) convened general elections for 17 August and announced a deadline of 18 May for the registration of candidacies.... Read More
*The World Bank has approved a US$100m loan to Ecuador for spending on education.... Read More
Brazil
On 3 April Brazil’s supreme court (STF) approved a list of measures aimed at reducing the risk of human rights violations during state military police operations carried out in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro.... Read More
*Brazil’s national federation of automobile dealers (Fenabrave) has released its figures for vehicle sales in March, which show a total of 379,383 units sold.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
On 3 April Nicaraguan opposition figures such as exiled former politician Juan Sebastián Chamorro hailed a report released that day by the United Nations (UN)-appointed panel of human rights experts on Nicaragua (GHREN) which for the first time identifies 54 government and military officials and members of the ruling Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) as responsible for alleged grave human rights violations, abuses, and other crimes.... Read More
*Nicaragua’s First Lady Rosario Murillo, who following a recent constitutional reform is now Nicaragua’s co-president along with Daniel Ortega, has said that the government has started to meet with economic teams to analyse the impact of the new tariffs levied by the US against imports from other countries.... Read More
Mexico
*Mexico’s national statistics institute (Inegi) has announced that gross fixed capital formation (GFCF) in January 2025 was down by 5.9% in annual terms, and by 1.5% in monthly terms.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 3 April Argentina’s senate voted to reject President Javier Milei’s appointment of two supreme court judges by decree last month.... Read More
*German car giant Volkswagen has announced a US$580m investment in Argentina.... Read More
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- MEXICO: Sheinbaum buoyant despite tariff challenges
- BOLIVIA: Elections convened for August
- In brief: World Bank approves loan for education spending in Ecuador
- BRAZIL: New rules imposed on Rio police operations
- In brief: Brazil’s vehicle sales rise in March
- NICARAGUA: Opposition figures hail ‘landmark’ UN report
- In brief: Nicaragua, region mull response to US tariffs
- In brief: GFCF continues to fall in Mexico
- ARGENTINA: Milei suffers senate blow
- In brief: Carmaker VW announces new investment in Argentina