LatinNews Daily - 03 November 2025

On 2 November hundreds took to the streets of Morelia, the capital of Mexico’s Michoacán state, to protest the murder of Carlos Manzo Rodríguez, the mayor of Uruapan municipality, the previous night.... Read More

On 31 October the United Nations (UN) high commissioner for human rights, Volker Türk, said that US military strikes on alleged drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean and Pacific are a violation of international law.... Read More

*Colombia’s central bank (Banrep) has maintained its benchmark interest rate at 9.25% in its fourth consecutive decision to keep the rate unchanged, following a 25 basis-point cut in April.... Read More

On 31 October Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed off on a bill that aims to tighten punishments for members of crime syndicates, part of the government’s response to last week’s deadliest ever police operation in Rio de Janeiro.... Read More

*Brazil’s central bank (BCB) has released figures showing that the public sector registered a primary deficit of R$17.5bn (US$3.2bn) in September, up from a deficit of R$7.3bn in the same month in 2024 and from R$17.3bn in August.... Read More

On 1 November Honduras’ official gazette greenlit the installation of a nine-member temporary congressional committee to assume legislative duties ahead of 30 November general elections.... Read More

*Cuba’s attorney general’s office has formally charged the country’s former economy minister, Alejandro Gil (2018-2024), with various crimes, including spying, acts detrimental to economic activity or contracting, embezzlement, bribery, falsifying public documents, tax evasion, influence peddling, money laundering, violation of classified document protection rules, and theft and damage of documents or other objects in official custody.... Read More

*Mexico’s national statistics institute (Inegi) has announced that the country’s tourism GDP rose by 0.4% in the second quarter of 2025, as compared to the previous quarter, and by 0.3% in yearly terms.... Read More

On 2 November Argentina’s President Javier Milei appointed Diego Santilli as his new interior minister as part of a post-electoral cabinet reshuffle that saw him bring in a new cabinet chief days earlier.... Read More

*Argentina’s national statistics institute (Indec) has released its latest figures for international tourism, showing that 374,800 international tourists visited Argentina in September, down 18.9% year-on-year.... Read More

Colombia: On 24 October the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (Ofac) designated Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro alongside his wife, son, and Interior Minister Armando Benedetti.... Read More