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LatinNews Daily - 04 August 2026
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On 3 August the arraignment hearing for Honduras’ former president Juan Orlando Hernández (2014-2022), who stands accused of fraud and money laundering, began in Tegucigalpa. ... Read More
Andean
On 3 August Colombia’s outgoing President Gustavo Petro called for the formation of citizens’ militias to resist organised crime and defend his government’s social reforms.... Read More
*Colombian state oil firm Ecopetrol and Brazilian state oil company Petrobras have announced a new natural gas discovery in the GUA-OFF-O block off the Colombian coast.... Read More
Brazil
On 3 August the head of Brazil’s superior electoral court (TSE), Kássio Nunes Marques, spoke in defence of the country’s electronic voting system, which has faced criticism from the far-right populist ‘Bolsonarismo’ movement with claims of possible electoral fraud. ... Read More
*Brazil’s federal oil and gas regulator (ANP) has released the monthly production figures for June, showing a total of 5.84m barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd) of oil and natural gas.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
*Panama has begun hosting the annual Panamax military training exercises involving 19 countries, with the exercises centring around the Panama Canal.... Read More
Mexico
On 3 August the rector of Mexico’s national university (Unam), Leonardo Lomelí Vanegas, announced that the start of the academic year would be postponed for new students, following a scandal involving suspected widespread cheating on the entrance exam.... Read More
*Mexico’s central bank (Banxico) has announced that the country received US$30.76bn in remittances in the first half of 2026, up 3.1% year-on-year and a record for the period, according to Spanish newspaper El País.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 3 August Uruguay’s Foreign Minister Mario Lubetkin cautioned about the detrimental impact of diplomatic tensions between Argentina and Brazil on the Mercosur trade bloc.... Read More
*Chile’s central bank (BCCh) has released the latest figures for its economic activity index (Imacec), showing a 2.4% year-on-year increase in June.... Read More
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- HONDURAS: Hernández’s criminal hearing gets underway
- COLOMBIA: Petro calls for citizens’ militia
- In brief: New gas discovery off Colombian coast
- BRAZIL: Electoral court defends electronic ballots
- In brief: Brazil’s oil and gas production rises in June
- In brief: Multinational military exercises begin around Panama Canal
- MEXICO: Unam start date pushed back amid exam controversy
- In brief: Remittances to Mexico rise in first half of 2026
- REGION: Uruguay urges calm in Mercosur amid Argentina-Brazil spat
- In brief: Chile’s economic activity rebounds in June