LatinNews Daily - 09 January 2024

On 8 January Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa declared a 60-day state of exception that includes a nationwide night-time curfew, between the hours of 11pm and 5am.... Read More

*The Venezuelan economic think tank Observatorio Venezolano de Finanzas (OVF) has calculated that Venezuela’s monthly inflation rate in December 2023 was 3.9%, bringing the annual inflation rate to 193%.... Read More

On 8 January the three branches of Brazil’s government held a ceremony to celebrate the resilience of the country’s institutions one year after radical right-wing supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2023) stormed government buildings in Brasília.... Read More

*The Brazilian meat industry lobby group, Associação Brasileira de Proteína Animal (Abpa), has released its annual figures for chicken meat exports in 2023, registering 5.14m tonnes (t) of poultry exported, up 6.6% from 2022.... Read More

On 8 January Guatemala’s president-elect Bernardo Arévalo unveiled his cabinet picks.... Read More

*Costa Rica’s national statistics institute (Inec) has released new figures which show the country posted annual deflation of -1.77% in December 2023 – the highest deflation of the last ten years.... Read More

On 8 January state legislators in Mexico City (CDMX) voted against ratifying Ernestina Godoy to serve a second term as head of the capital’s attorney general’s office (FGJCDMX).... Read More

*Mexico’s Finance Minister Rogelio Ramírez de la O has said that the government is expecting foreign direct investment (FDI) flows in the first three quarters of 2023 to total US$33bn, in comments widely distributed by the local press.... Read More

On 8 January Argentina’s economy minister, Luis Caputo, and cabinet chief Nicolás Posse met a visiting team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the Casa Rosada presidential palace to discuss the country’s debt restructuring accord and the release of fresh funds as sizeable repayments fall due.... Read More

*Chile’s national statistics institute (INE) has released new figures which show that in December 2023, monthly inflation stood at -0.5%, bringing the yearly rate to 3.9%.... Read More