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LatinNews Daily - 3 June 2025
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On 2 June Guatemala’s attorney general’s office announced arrest warrants for Colombia’s Attorney General (AG) Luz Adriana Camargo, a former prosecutor with the now-defunct United Nations (UN)-backed anti-corruption commission in Guatemala (Cicig), and Colombia’s ambassador to the Vatican, Ivan Velásquez, a former defence minister (2022-2025), who served as Cicig’s commissioner (2013-2019).... Read More
Andean
On 2 June Ecuadorean police arrested six people close to the country’s most-wanted fugitive, José Adolfo Macías Villamar (alias ‘Fito’), including his brother, his girlfriend, and members of her family.... Read More
*Supporters of Bolivia’s former president Evo Morales (2006-2019) have begun blocking roads in the central department of Cochabamba to demand that he be allowed to register as a candidate in the August presidential election.... Read More
Brazil
On 2 June Brazil’s lower chamber of congress approved a bill to increase the penalties for individuals who start forest fires and another bill to facilitate the awarding of contracts to civil society groups involved in disaster relief and response.... Read More
*Brazil’s state-controlled oil company Petrobras has reduced its gasoline sales prices to distributors by 5.6%.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
*The International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s executive board has approved a new US$1.5bn two-year arrangement for Costa Rica under its Flexible Credit Line (FCL) arrangement.... Read More
Mexico
On 2 June authorities in Mexico’s southern state of Chiapas opened an investigation into the killing of five state police officers in Frontera Comalapa municipality.... Read More
*Mexico’s central bank (Banxico) has released new figures on remittances for April, showing a sharp drop from the same month last year.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 2 June Argentina’s former president Cristina Fernández (2007-2015) announced that she will run for a seat in legislative elections in the province of 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 2.5% increase in economic activity in April as compared to the same month of 2024.... Read More
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- GUATEMALA: Arrest orders for top Colombian officials draw outrage
- ECUADOR: Relatives of major drug trafficker Fito arrested
- In brief: Morales’ followers block roads in Bolivia
- BRAZIL: Lower house makes progress on environmental legislation
- In brief: Brazil’s Petrobras lowers gasoline prices
- In brief: IMF approves new loan for Costa Rica
- MEXICO: Police killed in Chiapas
- In brief: Remittances to Mexico down in April
- ARGENTINA: Fernández throws her hat into different ring
- In brief: Chile’s economic growth up again