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LatinNews Daily - 03 August 2026
Main Briefing
On 2 August Brazil’s ruling left-wing Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) held an event to officially launch the re-election campaign of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ahead of the October elections.... Read More
Andean
On 1 August representatives from the Venezuelan government and the political opposition agreed on the topics to be negotiated in talks next week.... Read More
*Colombia’s national statistics department (Dane) has announced that the unemployment rate stood at 8.0% in June.... Read More
Brazil
*Brazil’s central bank (BCB) has released the latest fiscal statistics for the public sector, showing a primary deficit of R$55.3bn (US$10.9bn) in June.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
On 31 July Costa Rica’s President Laura Fernández accused four magistrates sitting on the constitutional chamber of the supreme court of being “coup plotters” after they voted to extend the appointment of alternates to the tribunal.... Read More
*Nicaragua’s central bank (BCN) has released its monthly economic activity index (Imae), showing that the economy grew by 0.9% year-on-year in May.... Read More
Mexico
On 2 August authorities in Mexico’s Jalisco state announced the arrest of a suspect in a high-profile femicide case which occurred in Zapopan, in the metropolitan area of the state capital Guadalajara, last year.... Read More
*Mexico’s state-run oil company Pemex has released its financial results for the second quarter of 2026, showing that quarterly net profit stood at M$18.0bn (US$1.0bn), down 69.7% year-on-year on net profit of M$59.5bn in Q2 2025.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 31 July Paraguay’s Vice President Pedro Alliana said that his country wishes to keep working with Brazil, despite a recent rift over comments about the Triple Alliance War made by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.... Read More
*Chile’s national statistics institute (INE) has released the latest unemployment figures, which showed that unemployment in the rolling quarter of April-June 2026 stood at 9.4%, equivalent to 980,270 people.... Read More
Washington Watch
Venezuela: On 25 July the US Department of State (DoS) said that it welcomed the decision announced the previous day by Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodríguez to withdraw Venezuela from the International Criminal Court (ICC) and “the new Venezuelan government’s partnership on American-led efforts to dismantle the corrupt and worthless ICC”.... Read More
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- BRAZIL: Lula officially launches re-election bid
- VENEZUELA: Gov’t and opposition agree agenda for negotiations
- In brief: Unemployment falls year-on-year in Colombia
- In brief: Brazil’s public sector deficit widens year-on-year
- COSTA RICA: Fernández accuses magistrates of coup plotting
- In brief: Nicaragua’s central bank notes growth in May
- MEXICO: Arrest in high-profile femicide case
- In brief: Mexico’s Pemex posts lower profit in Q2
- PARAGUAY: Government smooths over tensions with Brazil
- In brief: Chile’s unemployment rate remains high
- US welcomes Venezuela’s withdrawal from ICC