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LatinNews Daily - 1 May 2025
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On 30 April opposition leaders including former president Martín Torrijos (Partido Revolucionario Democrático, PRD, 2004-2009), and civil society groups signed a joint declaration condemning agreements recently signed by Panama’s government led by President José Raúl Mulino with the US regarding security and the Panama Canal.... Read More
Andean
On 30 April a Bolivian judge, Lilian Moreno, cancelled an arrest warrant against former president Evo Morales (2006-2019), who has been accused by prosecutors of human trafficking.... Read More
*Colombia’s central bank (Banrep) has cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 9.25%.... Read More
Brazil
On 30 April Brazil’s right-wing Partido Liberal (PL) submitted a motion to the lower house to launch a congressional inquiry (CPI) into the alleged fraud scheme in 2019-2024 in the national social security agency (INSS), which the federal police (PF) is investigating.... Read More
*Brazil’s national statistics institute (Ibge) has released its latest figures on national unemployment, which put the jobless rate at 7.0% in the first quarter of 2025, corresponding to 7.7m unemployed people.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
*The Dominican Republic’s government led by President Luis Abinader has hosted a Russian delegation headed up by Russia’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov.... Read More
Mexico
On 30 April Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum said that changes made to the US government’s tariffs on vehicles and vehicle parts gave “an additional competitive advantage” to Mexico.... Read More
*Mexico’s national statistics institute (Inegi) has calculated that GDP grew by 0.2% in the first quarter of 2025 compared with the previous quarter.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 30 April Argentina’s umbrella trade unions Confederación General del Trabajo (CGT) and Central de Trabajadores de la Argentina (CTA) staged demonstrations in Buenos Aires against the austerity measures of President Javier Milei’s government and in anticipation of International Workers’ Day today (1 May).... Read More
*Chile’s national statistics institute (INE) has released the latest figures for its industrial production index (IPI), which showed a 1.3% monthly rise in March and a 4.5% annual increase.... Read More
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- PANAMA: Opposition unites against US security agreements
- BOLIVIA: Arrest warrant against Morales lifted
- In brief: Colombia cuts interest rate
- BRAZIL: Blame game escalates over social security agency scandal
- In brief: Brazil’s unemployment continues to rise
- In brief: Dominican Republic and Russia boost ties
- MEXICO: Changes to US vehicle tariffs ‘beneficial’, says gov’t
- In brief: Mexico’s GDP up in Q1 despite recession fears
- ARGENTINA: Unions march against austerity
- In brief: Chile’s industrial production up in March