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LatinNews Daily - 12 December 2024
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- COLOMBIA: Congress rejects tax reform
Andean
- In brief: Venezuela’s oil production falls
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Potential presidential contender barred from elections
- In brief: Brazil’s central bank accelerates rate hike cycle
Central America & Caribbean
- GUATEMALA: Arrest warrant for prominent journalist draws alarm
- In brief: US aviation authority extends Haiti ban
Mexico
- MEXICO: Magistrate murdered in Guerrero
- In brief: Mexico’s 2025 budget clears another hurdle
Southern Cone
- CHILE: New anti-terrorism bill approved
- In brief: Inflation continues to drop in Argentina
On 11 December economic commissions in Colombia’s lower house and senate voted to archive a tax reform bill submitted by President Gustavo Petro’s government, throwing into doubt the viability of the government’s spending plan for next year.
LatinNews Daily - 11 December 2024
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- MEXICO: Sheinbaum calls on governors to prepare for US deportations
Andean
- ECUADOR: Noboa facing constitutional challenge
- In brief: Peru’s exports to EU rise
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Gov’t eases tensions over suspended grants to legislators
- In brief: Brazil’s monthly inflation slows while annual rate accelerates
Central America & Caribbean
- NICARAGUA: Row deepens with neighbours over Sica
- In brief: Haiti’s main airport reopens
Mexico
- In brief: International tourism grows in Mexico
Southern Cone
- ARGENTINA: Milei triumphant at one-year mark
- In brief: Argentina’s Milei outlines fiscal plans
On 10 December Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum called on the governors of the country’s northern states to prepare for a potential wave of deportations of Mexicans from the US as threatened by President-elect Donald Trump, who is due to take office on 20 January.
LatinNews Daily - 10 December 2024
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- HAITI: Massacre leaves at least 180 dead
Andean
- ECUADOR: Noboa’s prison plan facing mounting opposition
- In brief: IMF praises Ecuador in first review of US$4bn programme
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Top court seeks to address police abuses in São Paulo
- In brief: Brazil’s coffee exports down in monthly terms, up year-on-year
Central America & Caribbean
- In brief: Honduras’ trade deficit grows
Mexico
- MEXICO: Federal deputy and former mayor killed in Veracruz
- In brief: Mexico’s inflation slows in November
Southern Cone
- ARGENTINA: Milei fires head of newlook tax agency
- In brief: Court annuls ruling against major Chilean mining project
On 9 December Haiti’s prime minister’s office said that around 180 people had been killed in gang attacks between 6-7 December in the Wharf Jérémie neighbourhood in Cité Soleil, a slum in the capital, Port-au-Prince.
LatinNews Daily - 9 December 2024
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- BRAZIL/REGION: Mercosur and EU overcome trade deal impasses
Andean
- COLOMBIA/CHILE: Police land blow against Tren de Aragua
- In brief: Monthly inflation rises in Colombia
Brazil
- In brief: Warnings over heavy rainfall in southern Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Authorities hail record cocaine haul
- In brief: IMF releases new funds for Honduras
Mexico
- MEXICO: Gov’t to investigate fatal hospital bacteria outbreak
- In brief: Mexico’s Sheinbaum outlines social welfare spending
Southern Cone
- ARGENTINA: Milei’s Mercosur priorities: crime and trade
- In brief: Argentina’s construction, industrial production down year-on-year
Washington Watch
- US sets sights on leader of Mexico’s CJNG
On 6 December Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva hailed a revised free trade agreement (FTA) reached earlier that day in Uruguay between the European Union (EU) and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) regional trade bloc.
LatinNews Daily - 6 December 2024
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- REGION: Von der Leyen bids to seal EU-Mercosur trade deal
Andean
- COLOMBIA: UN claims 20,000 bodies stored in Bogotá airport
- In brief: Ecuador’s congress approves financial relief bill
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Rising backlash against alleged police abuses in São Paulo
- In brief: Brazil’s trade surplus down year-on-year
Central America & Caribbean
- GUATEMALA: AG targets tax authority head
- In brief: Costa Rica claims victory in Panama trade dispute
Mexico
- MEXICO: Sheinbaum responds to Trump deportation plans
- In brief: Mexico reports decline in job growth in November
Southern Cone
- In brief: Argentina lowers interest rates again
On 5 December the president of the European Commission (EC), Ursula von der Leyen, visited Montevideo, Uruguay, as it plays host to the leaders’ summit of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) with a view to putting the finishing touches to a free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU) that has been the subject of on-off negotiations for a quarter of a century.
LatinNews Daily - 5 December 2024
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- COLOMBIA: Finance minister resigns
Andean
- In brief: EU announces security funding for Ecuador
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Lula’s popularity declines amid economic pessimism
- In brief: Brazil’s industrial production down in monthly terms
Central America & Caribbean
- CUBA: Classes, work suspended amid further nationwide blackout
- In brief: Dominican Republic’s inflation picks up
Mexico
- MEXICO: Sheinbaum promises fresh start in Ayotzinapa case
- In brief: Mexico raises mínimum wage
Southern Cone
- CHILE: Congress approves bill to create security ministry
- In brief: Uruguay’s inflation increases slightly in November
On 4 December Colombia’s finance minister, Ricardo Bonilla, resigned after reportedly testifying to prosecutors about alleged corruption by President Gustavo Petro’s adopted son, Nicolás Alcocer Petro, and the president of state oil company Ecopetrol, Ricardo Roa.
LatinNews Daily - 4 December 2024
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- VENEZUELA: UN human rights office in Caracas allowed to reopen
Andean
- In brief: Bolivia’s ex president Sánchez de Lozada sentenced over oil contracts
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Mixed reactions to strong GDP growth figures
- In brief: Spain’s Iberdrola to boost investment in Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- HONDURAS: Extortion up despite state of exception
- In brief: IMF tallies climate resilience cost to Caribbean
Mexico
- MEXICO: Record fentanyl seizure announced
- In brief: Mexico’s GFCF down in September
Southern Cone
- ARGENTINA: Milei expected to challenge Mercosur
- In brief: Paraguay’s congress approves 2025 budget
On 3 December Venezuela’s government released a statement saying that the Caracas branch of the United Nations (UN) Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has been “reactivated”, after OHCHR staff were expelled from Venezuela in February.
LatinNews Daily - 3 December 2024
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- MEXICO: New caravan departs ahead of Trump inauguration
Andean
- COLOMBIA: Corruption scandal has economic consequences
- In brief: Colombia’s Ecopetrol announces green hydrogen plans
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Top court lifts suspension on budgetary grants
- In brief: BYD to start EV production in Brazil in March
Central America & Caribbean
- NICARAGUA: Reports claim strengthening of military cooperation with Moscow
- In brief: Annual inflation down in Honduras
Mexico
- In brief: Citigroup completes separation of Mexican business
Southern Cone
- PARAGUAY: Ruling party tightens grip over senate
- In brief: Chile’s economic activity rebounds in October
On 2 December a new migrant caravan departed from the city of Tapachula, on Mexico’s southern border with Guatemala.
LatinNews Daily - 2 December 2024
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- ECUADOR: Massacre highlights ongoing security challenges
Andean
- In brief: New mining & energy minister appointed in Peru
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Uruguay president-elect pays a visit
- In brief: Brazil’s primary surplus grows in October
Central America & Caribbean
- GUATEMALA: Movimiento Semilla cancelled again
- In brief: Moody’s downgrades Panama’s credit outlook
Mexico
- MEXICO: Gov’t cracks down on counterfeit goods
- In brief: Sheinbaum ‘convinced’ Mexico can avoid US tariffs
Southern Cone
- ARGENTINA: Anti-corruption bill fuels tensions
- In brief: Unemployment falls again in Chile
Washington Watch
- Biden congratulates Uruguay’s President-elect Orsi
On 1 December ten people were killed in a massacre in Ecuador’s El Guabo municipality, in the southwestern province of El Oro.