Back
LatinNews Daily - 05 August 2026
Main Briefing
On 4 August Brazil’s government led by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva criticised the US decision reported earlier that day to revoke the visa of Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, Brazil’s ambassador in Washington.... Read More
Andean
On 4 August the lawyer of Aquiles Álvarez, the imprisoned mayor of Ecuador’s largest city Guayaquil, claimed that Álvarez had been the victim of institutional harassment after he was sentenced the previous day to three years in prison for tampering with an electronic ankle tag.... Read More
*Technical experts from the US Department of Energy have carried out an inspection of the Simón Bolívar hydroelectric plant in Angostura municipality, Bolívar state, ahead of a planned overhaul of Venezuela’s electricity infrastructure.... Read More
Brazil
*Brazil’s national statistics institute (Ibge) has released its latest figures for industrial production, showing a 1.8% monthly decrease in June.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
On 4 August 10 member states of the Organization of American States (OAS) issued a joint statement expressing “profound concern” about recent remarks by Nicaragua’s co-President Daniel Ortega regarding the suppression of the country’s elections.... Read More
*Cuba’s Transport Minister Eduardo Rodríguez Dávila has announced new regulations governing the import, sale, and transfer of ownership of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers.... Read More
Mexico
On 4 August Mexico’s federal attorney general’s office (FGR) announced that it had dismantled four illicit fuel processing centres in three states.... Read More
*Mexico’s national statistics institute (Inegi) has announced that the country’s tourism GDP decreased by 0.8% in the first quarter of 2026, as compared to the previous quarter, and increased by 0.1% in yearly terms.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 4 August Brazil downgraded its diplomatic relations with Argentina after deciding to not return its ambassador to Buenos Aires and informing the Argentinian representative in Brasília that he could return home. ... Read More
*Chile’s senate has approved the final article of President José Antonio Kast’s flagship mega reform, known as the ‘reconstruction and economic and social development’ bill.... Read More
End of preview
Subscribers: Log in now to read the full article
Not a Subscriber?
Choose from one of the following options
- BRAZIL: US revokes visa of Brazil’s ambassador
- ECUADOR: Lawyer of Guayaquil mayor criticises prison sentence
- In brief: US officials in Venezuela to plan overhaul of electricity system
- In brief: Brazil’s industrial production declines in monthly terms
- NICARAGUA: OAS condemns Ortega’s election comments
- In brief: Cuba relaxes regulations on vehicle imports
- MEXICO: Authorities seize illicit fuel processing hubs
- In brief: Tourism GDP down in Mexico in quarterly terms
- ARGENTINA/BRAZIL: Tensions escalate as ambassador sent home
- In brief: Chile’s senate approves final unresolved article of mega reform