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LatinNews Daily - 8 April 2025
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On 7 April Costa Rica’s Attorney General Carlo Díaz filed a formal accusation before the supreme court (CSJ) against President Rodrigo Chaves and Culture Minister Jorge Rodríguez Vives, charging them with corruption.... Read More
Andean
On 7 April five prison guards were murdered in Portoviejo, the capital of Ecuador’s Manabí province, heightening the focus on insecurity ahead of the presidential election’s 13 April second round between President Daniel Noboa and the left-wing Luisa González.... Read More
*Colombia’s national statistics department (Dane) has released the consumer price index for March, showing monthly inflation of 0.52%, down from 1.14% in February.... Read More
Brazil
On 7 April the national umbrella organisation for Brazilian indigenous rights groups Articulação dos Povos Indígenas do Brasil (Apib) began the 2025 edition of the ‘Acampamento Terra Livre’ (ATL), an annual series of events and demonstrations in the capital Brasília.... Read More
*MercadoLibre, an Argentine e-commerce company headquartered in Uruguay, has announced that it will invest R$34bn (US$5.75bn) in its operations in Brazil in 2025.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
*Panama’s comptroller general, Anel Flores, has said that an audit of Panama Ports Company (PPC), a subsidiary of CK Hutchison Holdings, a Hong Kong-based and ultimately China-controlled company, had found irregularities.... Read More
Mexico
On 7 April Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum expressed her condolences for two photojournalists who were killed when a decorative structure collapsed at a music festival in Mexico City (CDMX) two days previously.... Read More
*Mexico’s national statistics institute (Inegi) has reported that light vehicle exports have fallen by 6.04% in the first quarter of 2025 as compared to the same period of the previous year.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 7 April Judge Manuel García-Mansilla stepped down from Argentina’s supreme court after the senate last week rejected his controversial appointment by President Javier Milei.... Read More
*Uruguay’s President Yamandú Orsi has met with his Panamanian counterpart José Raúl Mulino in Panama City, in his first official overseas trip since taking office on 1 March.... Read More
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- COSTA RICA: Chaves accused of corruption
- ECUADOR: Prison guards killed ahead of election
- In brief: Inflation slows in Colombia
- BRAZIL: Indigenous movement reiterates land rights concerns
- In brief: E-commerce giant MercadoLibre boosts investment in Brazil
- In brief: Panama Canal ports audit flags irregularities
- MEXICO: Gov’t blame game over music festival tragedy
- In brief: Mexico’s vehicle exports drop in Q1
- ARGENTINA: Milei defeat sealed as judge resigns from top court
- In brief: Uruguay’s Orsi boosts ties with Panama