LatinNews Daily - 10 July 2026

On 9 July Peru’s President-elect Keiko Fujimori met outgoing President José María Balcázar as she prepares to take office on 28 July.... Read More

*International Monetary Fund (IMF) spokesperson Julie Kozack has said that the IMF’s managing director, Kristalina Georgieva, spoke this week with Venezuela’s President Delcy Rodríguez to discuss the economic impact of the 24 June twin earthquakes.... Read More

On 9 July Brazil’s federal police (PF) searched the properties of Thiago Miranda Silva, the owner of a communications agency, Agência MiThi, who is suspected of gathering information on people viewed as a threat by Daniel Vorcaro, the CEO of the controversial bank Banco Master.... Read More

*The American Chamber of Commerce in Brazil (Amcham Brazil), Brazil’s national confederation for the industrial sector (CNI), and the US Chamber of Commerce have sent a joint letter to the US and Brazilian governments advocating for the negotiation of a short-term agreement to avoid the imposition of new tariffs on Brazil.... Read More

On 9 July Anamely Ramos González, a prominent Cuban human rights activist, said she had spoken to high-profile Cuban dissident and artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, who was reportedly freed from jail on 7 July, but whose whereabouts remain unknown.... Read More

*Panama’s President José Raúl Mulino has announced that Chiquita Panamá, the local subsidiary of multinational banana company Chiquita Brands International, is preparing to export some 11m boxes of bananas over the coming months, and around 15m boxes next year.... Read More

On 9 July Mexico’s Foreign Minister Roberto Velasco Álvarez announced that the foreign ministry (SRE) would take legal action following the killing of a Mexican migrant by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Texas.... Read More

*Mexico’s national statistics institute (Inegi) has released new figures for its consumer price index, showing a monthly deflation rate of 0.27% in June, while annual inflation stood at 3.37%, remaining within the central bank (Banxico)’s target of 3% ± 1.0 percentage point.... Read More

On 9 July Argentina’s President Javier Milei delivered a politicised speech to assembled provincial governors and cabinet ministers in the north-western province of Tucumán to mark the 210th anniversary of the country’s independence.... Read More

*Chile’s deputy finance minister, Juan Pablo Rodríguez, has announced that the price of gasoline in Chile will drop by around Cl$100 (US$0.10) per litre while diesel will fall by around Cl$155 per litre, through the implementation of the state fuel price stabilisation mechanism (Mepco), a special fund that subsidises fuel prices.... Read More