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LatinNews Daily - 03 January 2024
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On 2 January Nicaragua’s Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) government led by President Daniel Ortega released a communiqué which included photos of Bishop Rolando Álvarez who has been imprisoned for 500 days.... Read More
Andean
On 2 January Ecuador’s newly installed government led by President Daniel Noboa announced it was appointing Arturo Félix Wong to head the national public security secretariat (Secretaría Nacional de Seguridad Pública), with a remit to close it down completely, reflecting the new government’s first moves to clear the decks for the introduction of a new security strategy.... Read More
*Bolivia’s central bank (BCB) has announced that remittances sent to the country between January-November 2023 totalled a record high of US$1.29bn, up US$2m on the amount received in the same period of the previous year.... Read More
Brazil
On 2 January Tarcísio de Freitas, governor of Brazil’s most populous state, São Paulo, declared that his administration would not procure more body cameras to be installed on state police uniforms.... Read More
*Brazil’s central bank (BCB) has released the latest edition of its weekly Focus bulletin, which includes economic forecasts from private sector analysts and economists.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
*Honduras’ central bank (BCH) has released new figures which show that inflation closed 2023 at 5.19%, a significant drop on the 9.80% reported at the end of 2022.... Read More
Mexico
On 2 January Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said an armed group had kidnapped at least 31 migrants on 30 December while they were travelling by bus in Tamaulipas state which borders the US.... Read More
*Mexico’s finance ministry (SHCP) has announced the Mexican government has issued bonds totalling US$7.5bn on the international market, with demand for the offer reaching US$21.3bn.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 2 January Argentina’s government led by President Javier Milei published a series of decrees enacting an overhaul of the military top brass.... Read More
*Chile’s central bank (BCCh) has released its monthly index of economic activity (Imacec) for November, which shows a year-on-year increase of 1.2% and a monthly rise of 0.3%.... Read More
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- NICARAGUA: Gov’t under pressure over Catholic Church crackdown
- ECUADOR: Noboa shuts down security agency
- In brief: Bolivia hails record remittances
- BRAZIL: São Paulo governor to cut funding for police body cameras
- In brief: Experts forecast slower growth and inflation for Brazil
- In brief: Inflation slows in Honduras
- MEXICO: López Obrador confirms kidnapping of migrants
- In brief: Mexico issues major bond placement on international market
- ARGENTINA: Milei overhauls military top brass
- In brief: Chile’s economic activity rises