LatinNews Daily - 09 January 2026

On 8 January the president of Venezuela’s national assembly, Jorge Rodríguez, announced that the authorities would release “a significant number” of prisoners.... Read More

*Colombia’s national statistics department (Dane) has published the latest consumer price index, putting monthly inflation in December at 0.27% – up from 0.07% in November.... Read More

On 8 January Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva vetoed a bill that proposed shortening the prison time of those convicted in relation to the far-right riots on 8 January 2023, including his predecessor Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2023), who was convicted in a related coup plot case in September.... Read More

*Brazil’s national statistics institute (Ibge) has released its latest figures for the country’s industrial production, which showed that in November production saw no monthly variation.... Read More

On 8 January Honduras’ opposition Partido Nacional (PN) of president-elect Nasry Asfura condemned an attack on PN legislator Gladis Aurora López, who was injured by an explosive device, as congress voted for a recount of the 30 November general elections.... Read More

*The Dominican Republic’s tourism ministry has released new figures showing that 11.68m tourists visited the country in 2025, which it said was up 4.3% on 2024 and up 13.3% on 2023, and represented a “historic record”.... Read More

On 8 January US President Donald Trump said that the military was preparing for land attacks against drug cartels, which he said were “running Mexico”.... Read More

*Mexico’s national statistics institute (Inegi) has released the consumer price index (INPC) for December, which showed monthly inflation of 0.28% and an annual rate of 3.69%.... Read More

On 8 January Uruguay’s President Yamandú Orsi asserted that the US capture of Venezuela’s former president Nicolás Maduro (2013-2026) would be a positive development if it resulted in the end of the country’s authoritarian regime and the restoration of democracy.... Read More

*Argentina’s national statistics institute (Indec) has published the latest industrial production index, showing a 0.6% monthly drop in November in seasonally adjusted terms.... Read More