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LatinNews Daily - 6 May 2025
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On 2 May the US administration led by President Donald Trump announced it was designating two Haitian gangs, Viv Ansanm and Gran Grif, as foreign terrorist organisations.... Read More
Andean
On 5 May the president of Colombia’s senate, Efraín Cepeda, wrote an open letter to congress calling on legislators not to let themselves be “threatened” by the government.... Read More
*Peru’s President Dina Boluarte has announced that all mining activity in Pataz province, in the northern region of La Libertad, will be suspended for 30 days and a military base established, among other measures, after 13 workers at a gold mine owned by local gold mining company, Poderosa, were found dead in a mine shaft on 4 May, having been kidnapped a week earlier.... Read More
Brazil
On 5 May Márcia Lopes replaced Cida Gonçalves as Brazil’s women’s minister, marking the second cabinet change in three days, following the resignation on 2 May of the social security minister, Carlos Lupi, who had been under pressure over a corruption scandal.... Read More
*Brazil’s federal oil and gas regulatory agency (ANP) has released the national production figures for March, which showed that oil and natural gas production totalled 4.66m barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd), up from 4.49m boepd in February.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
*El Salvador’s authoritarian President Nayib Bukele has ordered the arrest of five heads of bus companies for failing to heed his order to provide free bus services across the country from 5-11 May in relation to the closure of part of a major highway.... Read More
Mexico
On 5 May Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum said that there was “very good communication” between her government and that of US President Donald Trump.... Read More
*Mexico’s central bank (Banxico) has released new figures which show that Mexico received US$14.27bn in remittances in the first quarter of 2025, up 1.3% year on year.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 2 May Argentina hosted a meeting of foreign ministers of member states of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) in Buenos Aires.... Read More
*Chile’s central bank (BCCh) has released its latest monthly index of economic activity (Imacec), a key proxy for GDP, showing a 3.8% year-on-year increase in economic activity for March 2025.... Read More
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- HAITI: US designates Haiti gangs as foreign terrorist organisations
- COLOMBIA: Senate leader rejects Petro’s referendum pressure
- In brief: Peru’s Boluarte takes measures after 13 miners killed
- BRAZIL: Lula continues cabinet reshuffle
- In brief: Brazil’s oil and gas production up in March
- In brief: Five bus company heads arrested in El Salvador
- MEXICO: Sheinbaum seeks to defuse US tensions
- In brief: Remittances to Mexico increase
- ARGENTINA: Mercosur sounds positive notes
- In brief: Chile’s economic activity rises in March