LatinNews Daily - 03 June 2026

On 2 June Bolivia’s defence and education ministers resigned amid ongoing protests which are aimed at forcing the resignation of President Rodrigo Paz.... Read More

*Venezuela’s national assembly has unanimously approved a bill to reform the country’s electricity system (SEN), in the first of two votes it will face.... Read More

On 2 June Brazil’s government led by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva released a statement expressing “indignation” at the announcement made the previous day by the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) proposing new tariffs on Brazilian products due to allegedly unfair trade practices.... Read More

*Brazil’s federal oil and gas regulator (ANP) has released the latest national production figures, showing a total of 5.64m barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd) in April.... Read More

On 2 June US Secretary of State Marco Rubio questioned the Cuban government’s capacity for reform during an appearance before the senate foreign relations committee.... Read More

*Cuba’s state-run oil company Unión Cuba-Petróleo (Cupet) has announced that it has refined 20,000 tonnes of domestic crude into naphtha as part of a pilot scheme amid an ongoing US blockade on oil deliveries to the island.... Read More

On 2 June Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum called on the US ambassador to Mexico, Ronald Johnson, to “respect countries’ internal political issues” amid rising bilateral tensions.... Read More

*Mexico’s Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard has reiterated his support for extending the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) for a further 16 years.... Read More

On 2 June Chile’s lower chamber of congress gave its final approval to a controversial bill to combat violence in schools, including tougher penalties for students involved in it, bag checks, and a ban on face coverings.... Read More

*Paraguay’s central bank (BCP) has published the latest figures for its consumer price index, putting monthly inflation in May at 0.1%, down from 0.8% in both April and March, while annual inflation came in at 2.4%, up from 2.3% in April and 1.9% in March.... Read More