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LatinNews Daily - 12 January 2024
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On 11 January Ecuador’s government led by President Daniel Noboa announced further measures aimed at controlling an unprecedented wave of violent crime.... Read More
Andean
*Peru’s central bank (BCRP) has lowered its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 6.50%.... Read More
Brazil
On 11 January Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva confirmed that former supreme court (STF) justice Ricardo Lewandowski will be the next justice & public security minister and will take office on 1 February.... Read More
*Brazil’s national statistics institute (Ibge) has released the consumer price index (IPCA) for December, showing a monthly inflation rate of 0.56% and an annual rate of 4.62%.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
On 11 January Guatemala’s former interior minister David Napoleón Barrientos (2022-2023) was arrested while the local media reported that arrest warrants had been issued for four electoral court (TSE) magistrates.... Read More
*The Dominican Republic’s tourism minister, David Collado, has announced that the country received 10.3m visitors last year, which he described as the “best year for tourism in the country’s history”.... Read More
Mexico
On 11 January authorities in Mexico’s Tamaulipas state announced they had rescued 61 migrants in the border city of Reynosa.... Read More
*Mexico’s national statistics institute (Inegi) has released new figures showing that 3.48m international tourists visited the country in November 2023, a 3.8% increase on November 2022.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 11 January Argentina’s national statistics institute (Indec) revealed that annual inflation in 2023 was 211.4% after monthly inflation in December reached 25.5%.... Read More
*Uruguay’s foreign ministry has announced that it will start to export bone-in beef and lamb to Israel.... Read More
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- ECUADOR: Further details on prisons plan as crisis continues
- In brief: Peru lowers interest rates
- BRAZIL: Former STF justice to join Lula’s cabinet
- In brief: Brazil’s monthly inflation up as annual rate falls
- GUATEMALA: Tensions rise as arrests ordered ahead of inauguration
- In brief: Dominican Republic hails rise in tourism
- MEXICO: Renewed concerns over migrant safety
- In brief: International tourism up in Mexico
- ARGENTINA: Inflation soars to fresh heights
- In brief: Uruguay to export bone-in meat to Israel