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LatinNews Daily - 9 June 2025
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On 7 June a Colombian senator and presidential pre-candidate, Miguel Uribe Turbay, was left in a critical condition after being shot in the head.... Read More
Andean
*Bolivia’s national statistics institute (INE) has published the latest consumer price index, showing monthly inflation of 3.65% in May, up from 0.9% in April.... Read More
Brazil
On 8 June Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva gave a speech at the Blue Economy and Finance Forum in Monaco in which he highlighted the importance of ecological conservation and sustainable use of ocean resources.... Read More
*Brazilian airline Gol has announced the conclusion of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and restructuring process overseen by the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
On 7 June El Salvador’s attorney general’s office (FGR) announced the arrest of constitutional lawyer, Enrique Anaya, a staunch critic of authoritarian President Nayib Bukele for alleged money laundering.... Read More
*US-based press freedom watchdog Inter American Press Association (IAPA) has expressed “deep concern” over a recent increase in mobile internet fees in Cuba announced by Cuba’s Prime Minister Manuel Marrero in December 2024, and implemented on 30 May by Cuba’s state-owned telecommunications monopoly, Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Cuba S.A.... Read More
Mexico
On 7 June Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum rejected a preliminary report from an Organization of American States (OAS) electoral observation mission regarding the 1 June judicial elections.... Read More
*Teachers affiliated with Mexico’s influential Coordinadora Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación (CNTE) teachers’ union have left Mexico City (CDMX) after over three weeks of protest and strike action in the capital.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 8 June Argentina’s north-eastern province of Misiones held elections to renew half of the 40 seats in the local legislature.... Read More
*Chile’s national statistics institute (INE) has published the most recent data for the consumer price index (CPI), indicating that monthly inflation for May was 0.2%, bringing the yearly rate to 4.4%.... Read More
Washington Watch
Mexico: On 5 June Mexico’s foreign ministry (SRE) said that it “strongly opposed” the US supreme court’s decision announced that day which found that the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) grants immunity and shields arms manufacturers from legal liability.... Read More
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- COLOMBIA: Presidential pre-candidate in grave condition after attack
- In brief: Inflation surges again in Bolivia
- BRAZIL: Lula affirms green ambitions
- In brief: Brazilian airline Gol exits bankruptcy
- EL SALVADOR: Another Bukele critic arrested
- In brief: Rise in mobile internet fees in Cuba stokes concerns
- MEXICO: Gov’t rejects OAS concerns over judicial elections
- In brief: Teachers prepare new stage of protests in Mexico
- ARGENTINA: Ruling party gains ground in Misiones elections
- In brief: Annual inflation ticks down in Chile
- Mexico rejects US supreme court ruling on arms lawsuit