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LatinNews Daily - 02 January 2024
Main Briefing
On 30 December Argentina’s President Javier Milei called on congress to act quickly to approve his omnibus reform bill, saying this was necessary to “avoid a catastrophe of biblical proportions”; despite this, opposition to his sweeping reforms is on the rise. ... Read More
Andean
On 31 December Bolivia’s former president Evo Morales (2006-2019) claimed he remains legally entitled to run for the presidency for a fourth term in 2025 despite a 29 December ruling by the plurinational constitutional court (TCP) stating that no more than two presidential terms, whether consecutive or not, are permissible.... Read More
*Colombia’s government led by President Gustavo Petro has announced a 12.06% rise in the country’s minimum wage, taking it to Col$1.3m (US$336) per month.... Read More
Brazil
On 28 December Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva partially promulgated a bill (PL 1459/2022), which aimed to loosen regulations on the use of pesticides, while also vetoing some sections of the controversial legislation.... Read More
*Brazil’s national statistics (Ibge) has released its latest unemployment figures, showing an unemployment rate of 7.5% for the rolling quarter of September-November.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
On 31 December Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali said that Guyana “reserves the right to continue to engage its international partners”.... Read More
*Panama’s 71-member unicameral legislature has approved the state budget for 2024 with 44 votes in favour, 16 against and two abstentions.... Read More
Mexico
On 1 January Mexico’s federal attorney general’s office (FGR) announced the arrest of an individual in Spain identified as Jonathan ‘W’, accused of being one of the main accomplices of Mexico’s imprisoned former public security minister Genaro García Luna (2006-2012).... Read More
*Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has inaugurated the second part of his controversial Tren Maya tourist railway project.... Read More
Southern Cone
*Chile’s state-owned copper mining company Codelco has announced a public-private partnership with the company Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM), the world’s second-largest lithium producer, to develop lithium in the Atacama salt flats in the north of the country from 2025 to 2060.... Read More
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- ARGENTINA: Milei pressures congress over omnibus reform bill
- BOLIVIA: Morales says will run for a fourth term despite court ruling
- In brief: Colombia raises minimum wage
- BRAZIL: Lula vetoes sections of controversial pesticides bill
- In brief: Brazil’s unemployment rate drops
- GUYANA/VENEZUELA: Tensions flare over UK ship’s visit to Guyana
- In brief: Panama approves 2024 budget
- MEXICO: Gov’t piles pressure on García Luna
- In brief: Second section of Mexico’s Tren Maya railway inaugurated
- In brief: Chile’s Codelco reaches lithium mining agreement with SQM