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LatinNews Daily - 18 January 2024
Main Briefing
On 17 January César Suárez, the Ecuadorean prosecutor leading an investigation into the storming of a television station by gunmen on 9 January, was shot dead.... Read More
Andean
*The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) has released its latest monthly oil market report, in which Venezuela claimed to have produced 802,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd) in December.... Read More
Brazil
On 17 January UK-based NGO Survival International released a statement lamenting that, despite the promises to protect indigenous peoples made by Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva after taking office in January 2023, the humanitarian crisis facing the Yanomami community remains “nothing short of catastrophic”. ... Read More
*Brazil’s national statistics institute (Ibge) has released the latest figures for retail sales, showing that sales volumes in November increased by 0.1% from the previous month, and by 2.2% year-on-year.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
On 17 January the US State Department announced it was designating Guatemala’s former president Alejandro Giammattei (2020-2024) for “involvement in significant corruption”, which bars him from entering the US.... Read More
*Costa Rica’s tourism institute (ICT), a government body, has released new figures showing record tourism to Costa Rica in 2023.... Read More
Mexico
On 17 January Jorge Álvarez Máynez, the 2024 presidential candidate for the leftist opposition Movimiento Ciudadano (MC), stated that insecurity was the most important issue facing Mexico.... Read More
*Mexico’s economy ministry (SE) has released a new report showing that in 2023 a total of 378 new private sector investment projects were announced worth a total of some US$110.74bn in foreign direct investment (FDI) to Mexico.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 17 January Argentina’s President Javier Milei delivered a speech at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland in which he railed against socialism.... Read More
*Uruguay’s tourism ministry has released new figures which show the country received 3.84m tourists in 2023, up 55.5% on 2022.... Read More
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- ECUADOR: Prosecutor investigating TV studio attack assassinated
- In brief: Oil production ticks up in Venezuela
- BRAZIL: NGOs raise alarm on indigenous rights abuses
- In brief: Brazil’s retail sales rise in November
- GUATEMALA: US blacklists former president Giammattei
- In brief: Costa Rica hails record tourism
- MEXICO: MC presidential candidate targets security
- In brief: Mexican gov’t hails new private sector investment
- ARGENTINA: Milei debuts at Davos
- In brief: Uruguay hails tourism recovery