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LatinNews Daily - 11 April 2025
Main Briefing
On 10 April Argentine workers staged a general strike that paralysed large swathes of the country and marked a renewed wave of protests against President Javier Milei’s austerity measures.... Read More
Andean
On 10 April campaigning ended ahead of the 13 April second round of Ecuador’s presidential election.... Read More
*Transport workers in Peru’s capital Lima and the neighbouring province of Callao have gone on strike in protest at high levels of extortion by criminal gangs.... Read More
Brazil
On 10 April Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva confirmed that Pedro Lucas Fernandes, a deputy for the centre-right União Brasil (União), will replace Juscelino Rezende Filho (União) as communications minister, following the latter’s resignation two days earlier.... Read More
*Brazil’s national statistics institute (Ibge) has released its latest figures for the services sector, which showed that the volume of services provided in February increased by 0.8% from January and by 4.2% from February last year.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
On 10 April Panama’s President José Raúl Mulino said “foreign military bases are unacceptable”.... Read More
*Hundreds of members of Guatemala’s biggest teachers’ union Sindicato de Trabajadoras y Trabajadores de la Educación de Guatemala (Steg) have staged protests in the capital, Guatemala City, calling for the leftist government led by President Bernardo Arévalo to speed up negotiations regarding improved working conditions for the sector.... Read More
Mexico
On 10 April Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum stated that Mexico has been complying with the US-Mexico water treaty, following accusations from US President Donald Trump that Mexico was violating the agreement.... Read More
*Mexico’s national statistics institute (Inegi) has announced that the country received 3.72m international tourists in February, marking a 7.8% annual increase.... Read More
Southern Cone
*Argentina’s Economy Minister Luis Caputo has announced that the country’s central bank (BCRA) has renewed the activated portion of its currency swap line with the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) for another 12 months.... Read More
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- ARGENTINA: General strike marks renewed opposition to Milei austerity
- ECUADOR: Campaigns close ahead of election
- In brief: Peruvian transport workers on strike over insecurity
- BRAZIL: Lula appoints new communications minister
- In brief: Brazil’s services sector grows in February
- PANAMA: Mulino rules out US military bases
- In brief: Teachers stage protests in Guatemala
- MEXICO: Tensions rise over water treaty
- In brief: International tourism in Mexico down in monthly terms
- In brief: Argentina renews China currency swap line