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LatinNews Daily - 19 January 2024
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On 18 January the third round of peace talks between the Colombian government and the Estado Mayor Central (EMC), an alliance of dissident units of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Farc) guerrilla group, concluded with a number of agreements.... Read More
Andean
*The governments of Venezuela and Indonesia have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to deepen their cooperation on oil and natural gas.... Read More
Brazil
On 18 January Brazil’s federal police (PF) searched the home and office of federal deputy Carlos Jordy (Partido Liberal, PL), leader of the opposition bloc in the lower house, as part of investigations into alleged anti-democratic acts.... Read More
*Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Jean Paul Prates, CEO of the state-controlled oil company Petrobras, have launched plans to expand the Abreu e Lima refinery (RNEST) in the north-eastern state of Pernambuco.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
On 18 January the international media reported that fighting between armed gangs intensified in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, while protesters marched in other parts of the country, heeding calls by recently returned former coup leader Guy Philippe, calling for the resignation of Haiti’s caretaker Prime Minister Ariel Henry.... Read More
*Cuba’s government has reported that 2.44m international tourists visited the country in 2023, up 822,892 on the previous year, according to reports in official media such as Cubadebate.... Read More
Mexico
On 18 January Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador outlined plans for a reform to disappear autonomous institutions.... Read More
*Mexico’s finance ministry (SHCP) has announced the Mexican government has issued a new bond linked to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).... Read More
Southern Cone
On 18 January Argentina’s government made significant progress towards a series of amendments that could enable the passage of its sweeping omnibus bill of reforms through congress to confront the “national emergency” in the country.... Read More
*Argentina’s national statistics institute (Indec) has released a report showing that Argentina registered a trade deficit of US$6.93bn in 2023, compared to a surplus of US$6.92bn in 2022.... Read More
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- COLOMBIA: Agreements reached in third round of EMC peace talks
- In brief: Venezuela and Indonesia sign MoU on oil and gas
- BRAZIL: Police target opposition leader in relation to 8 January riots
- In brief: Brazil’s Petrobras to expand controversial oil refinery
- HAITI: Violence in capital intensifies as unrest elsewhere continues
- In brief: Tourism picks up in Cuba
- MEXICO: President outlines reform to target autonomous bodies
- In brief: Mexico issues new sustainability bond
- ARGENTINA: Progress made to amend omnibus bill
- In brief: Argentina registers trade deficit in 2023