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LatinNews Daily - 11 May 2026
Main Briefing
On 8 May Laura Fernández, of the right-wing Partido Pueblo Soberano (PPSO), took office as Costa Rica’s president for a four-year term.... Read More
Andean
On 10 May Bolivia’s former president Evo Morales (2006-2019), whose trial for alleged human trafficking is due to begin today (11 May), announced that his supporters will begin marching on the capital La Paz tomorrow.... Read More
*The Andean Community (CAN) trade bloc has issued a series of resolutions ordering Ecuador and Colombia to lift the tariffs they have imposed on each other since January.... Read More
Brazil
On 9 May Brazilian supreme court (STF) justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered the suspension of a recently promulgated law that proposed reducing the prison time of those convicted in relation to the far-right riots in Brasília on 8 January 2023.... Read More
*Brazil’s national association of vehicle manufacturers (Anfavea) has released its latest production figures, showing that a total of 238,500 vehicles were produced in April.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
*Guatemala’s central bank (Banguat) has released new figures showing that remittances to the country totalled US$2.14bn in April, down from US$2.44bn in March but up from US$1.98bn in April 2025.... Read More
Mexico
On 9 May Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum criticised opposition politicians and others who invited the conservative regional leader of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, to Mexico.... Read More
*Mexico’s national social security institute (IMSS) has reported that 23,923 jobs were created in April compared with 47,442 losses in April 2025.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 8 May Chile’s supreme court released a report recommending “relevant adjustments” to the ‘reconstruction and economic and social development’ bill, better known as the mega reform, sent to congress by President José Antonio Kast.... Read More
*Chile’s national statistics institute (INE) has announced that monthly inflation in April was 1.3%.... Read More
Washington Watch
Costa Rica: On 2 May La Nación, Costa Rica’s leading daily, announced that US tourist visas for several board members of Grupo Nación, the holding company that owns it, had been revoked.... Read More
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- COSTA RICA: Fernández takes office
- BOLIVIA: Morales announces march on La Paz as his trial begins
- In brief: Andean Community demands end to Ecuador-Colombia trade war
- BRAZIL: STF justice suspends law that could cut Bolsonaro’s jail time
- In brief: Brazil’s vehicle production down in monthly terms, up year-on-year
- In brief: Remittances to Guatemala slow in monthly terms
- MEXICO: More tensions as Madrid leader abandons trip
- In brief: Mexico reports job creation in April
- CHILE: Top court weighs in on Kast’s mega reform
- In brief: Inflation accelerates in Chile
- Alarm over US revocation of visas for board of Costa Rican newspaper