LatinNews Daily - 6 June 2025

On 5 June Haiti’s foreign ministry issued a statement saying it was “working to find a rapid solution” to the day-earlier decision by the US administration led by President Donald Trump to impose a complete travel ban on nationals from Haiti, along with Afghanistan, Myanmar (Burma), Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen.... Read More

On 5 June Colombia’s senate president Efraín Cepeda filed a complaint with the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) accusing President Gustavo Petro of breaking the constitutional order.... Read More

*Bolivia’s economy and finance minister, Marcelo Montenegro, has said that roadblocks manned by supporters of former president Evo Morales (2006-2019) are costing the country between US$150m and US$200m per day.... Read More

On 5 June Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva called on his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron during a press conference in Paris to “open his heart” to the proposed trade deal between the European Union (EU) and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur), comprising Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Bolivia.... Read More

*Brazil’s ministry of development, industry, trade, and services (MDIC) has released its trade figures for May, which showed a trade surplus of US$7.24bn.... Read More

*Guatemala’s President Bernardo Arévalo has announced various agreements to boost investment and technological development with Taiwan during his first visit to the country since taking office in January 2024.... Read More

On 5 June Mexico’s foreign ministry (SRE) rejected a decision by the US supreme court to strike down the lawsuit it had brought against US arms companies Smith & Wesson and Interstate Arms.... Read More

*Mexico’s national social security institute (IMSS) has reported that 45,624 jobs were lost in May, down from 47,442 losses in April.... Read More

On 5 June Argentina’s former president Cristina Fernández (2007-2015), the president of the main opposition Partido Justicialista (PJ, Peronists), met the PJ governor of the province of Buenos Aires, Axel Kicillof, to discuss the upcoming provincial legislative elections.... Read More

*Argentina’s government led by President Javier Milei has sent a bill to congress that would provide a tax amnesty for Argentines who have not declared their savings to the treasury.... Read More