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LatinNews Daily - 07 January 2026
Main Briefing
On 6 January the US Department of Justice published a revised version of the indictment against Venezuela’s former president Nicolás Maduro (2013-2026), largely removing references to his alleged leadership of a drug trafficking organisation named the Cártel de los Soles.... Read More
Andean
*Bolivia’s national statistics institute (INE) has released the latest consumer price index, putting monthly inflation in December 2025 at 0.59%, up from 0.40% in November.... Read More
Brazil
On 6 January Brazil’s ministry for development, industry, trade, and services (MDIC) released the annual trade figures for 2025, which showed a total export value of US$348.7bn, up 3.5% compared to 2024.... Read More
*Brazil’s tourism ministry has released new figures showing that 9.2m international tourists visited Brazil in 2025, which is an annual record.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
On 6 January Mario Flores Urrutia, the president of Honduras’ electoral justice tribunal (TJE), said that three appeals against the 30 November election result presented by Salvador Nasralla, the presidential candidate for the opposition Partido Liberal (PL), had been rejected.... Read More
*Costa Rica’s central bank (BCCR) has released new figures showing that Costa Rica registered US$3.53bn in foreign direct investment (FDI) for the first three quarters of 2025, up 4.5% on the same period in 2024, according to a statement by the foreign trade ministry (Comex).... Read More
Mexico
On 6 January Mexico’s attorney general (AG), Ernestina Godoy, confirmed a series of new appointments as she seeks to overhaul the federal attorney general’s office (FGR).... Read More
*The agricultural ministry (Sader) of Mexico’s Michoacán state has announced the detection of an “isolated” case of the new world screwworm (NWS) in the municipality of Villa Madero.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 6 January Chile’s president-elect José Antonio Kast travelled to Peru ahead of a meeting with President José Jerí in a push to open up a regional ‘humanitarian corridor’ to facilitate the repatriation of illegal Venezuelan immigrants.... Read More
*Argentina’s central bank (BCRA) has bought US$83m on the foreign exchange market, boosting its international reserves to US$44.19bn.... Read More
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- VENEZUELA: US alters its stance on Cártel de los Soles
- In brief: Annual inflation slows in Bolivia
- BRAZIL: Exports up in 2025 despite US tariffs
- In brief: Brazil posts record international tourism in 2025
- HONDURAS: Nasralla’s appeals against election result rejected
- In brief: Costa Rica hails FDI growth
- MEXICO: Godoy continues FGR overhaul
- In brief: NWS case detected in Mexico’s Michoacán state
- CHILE: Kast visits Peru to talk migration
- In brief: Argentina’s central bank makes another dollar purchase