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LatinNews Daily - 02 February 2026
Main Briefing
On 1 February Laura Fernández, the candidate for Costa Rica’s right-wing Partido Pueblo Soberano (PPSO), won the presidential election which took place along with legislative elections earlier that day.... Read More
Andean
On 30 January Venezuela’s President Delcy Rodríguez announced plans for a general amnesty for political prisoners.... Read More
*Colombia’s central bank (Banrep) has raised its benchmark interest rate by 100 basis points to 10.25%.... Read More
Brazil
On 30 January the government of Brazil’s most populous state, São Paulo, updated its database of crime figures, showing annual decreases in robberies and overall homicides for 2025 but a 6.7% increase in femicides compared to 2024.... Read More
*Brazil’s national statistics institute (Ibge) has released its latest unemployment figures, showing that the national jobless rate in the fourth quarter of 2025 dropped to a record-low level of 5.1%, equivalent to around 5.5m unemployed people.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
*Panama’s maritime authority (AMP) has announced that APM Terminals, a Netherlands-based subsidiary of Danish shipping company Maersk, will temporarily serve as administrator of the ports of Cristóbal and Balboa on the Panama Canal.... Read More
Mexico
On 1 February Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum announced that Mexico would send humanitarian aid to Cuba such as food and other “essential supplies” as it seeks a diplomatic resolution with the US over the provision of oil to the island for humanitarian reasons.... Read More
*Mexico’s national statistics institute (Inegi) has released preliminary figures on the country’s economic activity in the fourth quarter of 2025, estimating quarterly growth of 0.8%, compared with the 0.3% contraction in the previous quarter.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 30 January Chile’s President-elect José Antonio Kast visited El Salvador, where he met President Nayib Bukele and visited the maximum security prison Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (Cecot).... Read More
*Argentina’s national statistics institute (Indec) has released new figures which showed a 7.2% decrease in public sector jobs in 2025, amounting to 21,742 jobs being cut.... Read More
Washington Watch
Venezuela: On 22 January the US embassy in Venezuela announced the appointment of Laura Dogu as chargé d’affaires to the Venezuela Affairs Unit, a team of US diplomats operating out of the US embassy in Bogotá, Colombia.... Read More
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- COSTA RICA: Chaves continuity candidate wins outright
- VENEZUELA: Rodríguez announces general amnesty for political prisoners
- In brief: Interest rate hiked in Colombia
- BRAZIL: Rising femicides in São Paulo pile pressure on authorities
- In brief: Brazil’s unemployment drops to record lows
- In brief: Denmark’s Maersk to temporarily administer two Panama ports
- MEXICO: Sheinbaum responds to US Cuba tariff threats
- In brief: Mexico’s economic growth rebounds in Q4
- CHILE: Bukele offers Kast prison assistance
- In brief: Slashing of public sector jobs continues in Argentina
- US announces new top envoy for Venezuela