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LatinNews Daily - 06 July 2026
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On 5 July Colombia’s outgoing President Gustavo Petro said he would sue his critics for alleged slander once he leaves office, after Carlos Alonso Lucio, the head of the transition team of far-right President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella, said that Petro should face criminal charges.... Read More
Andean
*Ecuador’s central bank (BCE) has announced that foreign direct investment (FDI) totalled US$431.50m in the first quarter of 2026.... Read More
Brazil
On 3 July Brazil’s federal police (PF) sought to arrest targets suspected of having connections to the criminal organisation Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC), including those who have been sanctioned by the US.... Read More
*Brazil’s ministry of development, industry, trade, and services has released new figures which showed that the country’s trade surplus in June totalled US$9.76bn.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
On 4 July Nicaragua’s authoritarian government led by co-presidents Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo announced that Monsignor Juan Abelardo Mata, an 80-year-old Nicaraguan bishop and government critic, arrested last week, had been released and returned home.... Read More
*Cuba’s labour minister, Jesús Otaméndiz Hernández, has announced that the national minimum wage will rise from CUP2,100 (U$84) per month to CUP3,210.... Read More
Mexico
On 3 July the attorney general’s office in Mexico’s Veracruz state (FGE) confirmed the murder of journalist Roxana Berenice Guzmán Ramírez, who was abducted from her home on 2 June.... Read More
*Mexico’s government has announced that two logistics support ships, Isla Holbox and Huasteco, have set sail for Venezuela, carrying 2,003m3 of humanitarian aid in response to the two earthquakes which devastated northern coastal states on 24 June.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 3 July Argentina’s central bank (BCRA) announced that it had successfully refinanced US$6bn of sovereign debt.... Read More
*Uruguay’s national statistics institute (INE) has released the official inflation figures for June, putting monthly inflation at 0.37% and annual inflation at 4.25%.... Read More
Washington Watch
Venezuela: On 1 July the US chargé d’affaires in Venezuela, John Barrett, told reporters that the US “is leading the largest international earthquake response in Venezuela’s modern history”, following the earthquakes that struck the country on 24 June.... Read More
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- COLOMBIA: Tensions rise between Petro and De la Espriella before transition
- In brief: Ecuador’s FDI rises year-on-year
- BRAZIL: Police launches operation against suspects sanctioned by US
- In brief: Brazil’s trade surplus rises in June
- NICARAGUA: Managua bows to US pressure over detained bishop
- In brief: Cuba unveils changes to minimum wage, pension rules
- MEXICO: Concerns as another journalist killed in Veracruz
- In brief: Mexico, among others, sends aid to Venezuela
- ARGENTINA: Debt payment concerns eased ahead of 2027 election
- In brief: Monthly inflation slows in Uruguay
- US leads response to Venezuela earthquakes