LatinNews Daily - 04 January 2024

On 3 January Argentina’s national labour appeals court suspended a key part of President Javier Milei’s emergency decree aimed at overhauling the economy.... Read More

On 3 January Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa announced 11 referendum questions aimed at strengthening the government’s capacity to respond to organised crime.... Read More

*Peru’s investment promotion agency (Proinversión) has announced that in 2024 it plans to award a record 40 investment contracts for public-private partnerships (APP in the Spanish acronym), for a total of US$8bn.... Read More

On 3 January national daily Folha de São Paulo reported that Brazil’s attorney general’s office (PGR) had noted evidence of possible corruption on the part of federal deputy Alexandre Ramagem, a candidate in the October 2024 Rio de Janeiro mayoral race.... Read More

*Brazil’s central bank (BCB) has released the figures for the country’s balance of payments in November, which showed a current account deficit of US$1.6bn.... Read More

On 3 January a Guatemalan judge ordered the release of Virginia Laparra, formerly the top prosecutor for the attorney general’s (AG) special unit against corruption (Feci) in Quetzaltenango department.... Read More

*The Dominican Republic’s central bank (BCRD) has released new figures which show year-on-year inflation closed 2023 at 3.57%, within the target range of 4.0% +/-1.0%.... Read More

On 3 January Mexico’s government confirmed that authorities had found the 31 migrants who were kidnapped in the border state of Tamaulipas on 30 December. ... Read More

*Mexico’s central bank (Banxico) has released new figures which show that international reserves reached US$212.76bn as of 29 December 2023, up from US$199.09bn at the end of 2022.... Read More

*Argentina’s presidential spokesperson, Manuel Adorni, has said that monthly inflation in December could reach 30%.... Read More