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LatinNews Daily - 7 April 2025
Main Briefing
On 5 April Colombia’s government disputed the account put forward by US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem of her 27 March meeting with President Gustavo Petro, who she said had defended criminals and criticised US President Donald Trump.... Read More
Andean
*Ecuador’s central bank (BCE) has announced that the country received a record US$6.54bn in remittances in 2024.... Read More
Brazil
On 6 April Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2023) held a rally in São Paulo which was attended by allied governors generally considered to be more moderate conservatives.... Read More
*Brazil’s ministry of development, industry, trade, and services (MDIC) has released its trade figures for March, which showed a monthly trade surplus of US$8.15bn, in contrast to the deficit of US$445.6m registered the previous month.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
On 4 April, Costa Rica’s justice minister, Gerald Campos Valverde, toured El Salvador’s 40,000-capacity mega prison, the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (Cecot).... Read More
*Panama’s trade & industry ministry (Mici) has said that it is evaluating the impact of the new US tariffs levied by the US government led by President Donald Trump against imports from other countries.... Read More
Mexico
On 4 April Mexico’s public security ministry (SSPC) announced the arrest of Jesús Manuel Labrada Cárdenas, alias ‘Treviño’, along with four other alleged members of a criminal group based in Sinaloa state.... Read More
*Mexico’s economy ministry (SE) has imposed a temporary tariff of US$0.380 per kilogram on imports of steel gun nails originating from China.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 5 April the Partido Comunista de Chile (PCCh), part of Chile’s ruling left-wing coalition, announced that the labour minister, Jeannette Jara, would stand as the presidential candidate for the party in primary elections on 29 June.... Read More
*Opposition parties in Paraguay have issued a statement criticising President Santiago Peña for suspending negotiations to revise ‘Annex C’ of the Itaipú Treaty, which determines the cost at which Paraguay and Brazil can sell the surplus electricity generated by the binational Itaipú hydroelectric dam to each other.... Read More
Washington Watch
Caribbean: On 26-27 March US Secretary of State Marco Rubio travelled to Jamaica, Guyana, and Suriname.... Read More
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- COLOMBIA: US takes fresh aim at Petro
- In brief: Ecuador receives record remittances in 2024
- BRAZIL: More governors attend Bolsonaro rally
- In brief: Brazil’s trade surplus rises in March
- COSTA RICA/EL SALVADOR: Costa Rican minister tours Cecot mega jail
- In brief: Panama analysing impact of US tariffs
- MEXICO: Authorities hail Sinaloa arrests
- In brief: Mexico imposes anti-dumping duty on steel nails from China
- CHILE: Election line-up takes shape
- In brief: Paraguay’s opposition slams suspension of Itaipú talks
- Rubio tours Caribbean