LatinNews Daily - 5 June 2025

On 4 June Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum called on the newly elected supreme court (SCJN) justices to be an example of “a profound transformation of the judicial power”, as the composition of the top court looks to heavily favour the ruling Movimiento Regeneración Nacional (Morena). ... Read More

On 4 June Bolivia’s Justice Minister César Siles announced that the government will file a legal complaint against former president Evo Morales (2006-2019) for alleged crimes including terrorism and obstructing elections in relation to a campaign of roadblocks by his supporters.... Read More

*Colombia’s inspector general’s office has opened a disciplinary investigation into Ricardo Roa, the president of state oil company Ecopetrol.... Read More

On 4 June Brazil’s supreme court (STF) resumed its case to review sections of the 2014 Civil Internet Framework, a law determining the rights and obligations for online service providers.... Read More

*Brazil’s state-controlled oil company Petrobras has submitted an official declaration of interest to explore oil in nine offshore blocks in the Ivory Coast.... Read More

On 4 June a court in El Salvador formally charged leading human rights activist and lawyer Ruth López with illicit enrichment and ordered her pre-trial detainment.... Read More

*Panama’s comptroller general, Anel Flores, has announced that some 15,000 teachers will not receive their salaries corresponding to the first two weeks of June amid a strike which has been taking place since 23 April by Panama’s leading teachers’ association Asociación de Profesores (Asoprof) and has since grown to include other sectors.... Read More

*Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum has threatened countermeasures if the 50% US tariffs on steel and aluminium products recently announced by US President Donald Trump remain in place.... Read More

On 4 June health workers, scientists, disabled people, trade unions, and feminist groups joined pensioners in their weekly protests in Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires against the austerity measures of President Javier Milei.... Read More

*Chile’s government has signed an agreement with US technology giant Google to install the first fibreoptic cable connecting South America and Oceania, extending from Valparaíso, central Chile, to Sydney, Australia.... Read More