LatinNews Daily - 04 September 2025

On 3 September Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali of the ruling People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) claimed victory in the 1 September general elections to pick a new president and 65-member national assembly.... Read More

On 3 September there were mixed international responses to the previous day’s US military strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug trafficking boat.... Read More

*Bolivia’s national statistics institute (INE) has released the consumer price index for August, putting monthly inflation at 1.01%, down from 1.20% in July.... Read More

On 3 September the defence lawyers of Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2023) presented their arguments in the high-profile trial at the supreme court (STF) in which Bolsonaro and his allies stand accused of plotting a coup in 2022 to help him stay in power.... Read More

*Brazil’s national statistics institute (Ibge) has released its figures for the country’s industrial production in July, showing a monthly drop in production of 0.2%.... Read More

*Jamaica’s electoral office (EOJ) has released preliminary results from the 3 September general election showing that the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) of Prime Minister Andrew Holness has secured a third consecutive term, winning 34 of the 63 seats in the House of Representatives while the People’s National Party (PNP) led by Mark Golding, a former justice minister (2012-2016), received 29 seats.... Read More

On 3 September Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum held a “cordial meeting” with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Mexico City (CDMX) to discuss priority security issues such as fentanyl trafficking, drug cartels, and migration.... Read More

*Mexico’s economy ministry (SE) has announced compensatory tariffs on imports of Chinese-manufactured footwear in response to dumping practices that it said have been carried out by Chinese exporters.... Read More

On 3 September Argentina’s President Javier Milei participated in a campaign closing event for his far-right La Libertad Avanza (LLA) ahead of crucial elections in Buenos Aires province, which was marked by reportedly low attendance.... Read More

*The European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union (EU), has proposed the adoption of a free trade agreement (FTA) between the EU and the Mercosur trade bloc comprising Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Bolivia.... Read More