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LatinNews Daily - 20 November 2024
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- VENEZUELA: US recognises González as ‘president-elect’
Andean
- In brief: Bolivia’s Arce seeks Chinese investment in meeting with Xi
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Police uncover alleged plot to murder Lula in 2022
- In brief: Brazil’s congress passes carbon markets regulation bill
Central America & Caribbean
- HAITI: Gang members killed amid rising violence
- In brief: Suriname announce China debt rescheduling
Mexico
- MEXICO: Moves to create a security super ministry
- In brief: Moody’s cuts Mexico growth forecast
Southern Cone
- CHILE: Monsalve case triggers “darkest day” for Boric
- In brief: Argentina’s Milei and China’s Xi hold first meeting
On 19 November US Secretary of State Antony Blinken recognised the exiled opposition candidate Edmundo González as Venezuela’s “president-elect”.
LatinNews Daily - 19 November 2024
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- BRAZIL: Boost for Lula as G20 leaders agree on joint declaration
Andean
- VENEZUELA: Maduro denies opposition role in release of political prisoners
- In brief: Colombia’s GDP growth slows
Brazil
- In brief: Brazil’s gov’t raises GDP and inflation forecasts
Central America & Caribbean
- GUATEMALA: Concern as high-profile journalist ordered back to jail
- In brief: Nicaragua refloats ‘Gran Canal’ initiative to China
Mexico
- MEXICO: Business worried over Trump tariffs
- In brief: Mexico’s private sector responds to budget proposal
Southern Cone
- ARGENTINA: Milei winds up money-printing firm
- In brief: Chile’s growth picks up in Q3
On 18 November the two-day G20 leaders’ summit began in Brazil, where the group signed a joint statement which reflected the foreign policy priorities of the summit’s host, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
LatinNews Daily - 18 November 2024
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- PERU/REGION: China seeks deeper trade partnerships at Apec summit
Andean
- In brief: Colombia resumes electricity exports to Ecuador
Brazil
- BRAZIL/ARGENTINA: Authorities arrest fugitive 8 January rioters
- In brief: Brazil’s Amazon Fund to receive more donations
Central America & Caribbean
- HAITI: New PM names new cabinet
- In brief: Nicaragua’s exports up
Mexico
- MEXICO: Sheinbaum unveils optimistic budget
- In brief: Mexico’s gov’t plans Pemex cash injection
Southern Cone
- URUGUAY: Presidential candidates fight it out in TV debate
- In brief: Fitch upgrades ratings for Argentina
Washington Watch
- Region responds to Trump’s top diplomat pick
On 16 November the annual leaders’ summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (Apec) was held in Peru’s capital Lima, attended by heads of state including US President Joe Biden and China’s President Xi Jinping.
LatinNews Daily - 15 November 2024
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- NICARAGUA: President of bishops’ conference expelled
Andean
- PERU: China opens strategic mega-port
- In brief: Bolivia’s Morales stripped again of MAS leadership
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Officials condemn attempted bombing
- In brief: Brazil’s economic activity up in September
Central America & Caribbean
- In brief: Cuban gov’t tallies damage of earthquakes, hurricanes
Mexico
- MEXICO: Moody’s downgrades credit outlook
- In brief: Mexico’s Banxico continues to cut interest rates
Southern Cone
- CHILE: Monsalve arrested in rape case
- In brief: Argentina’s state airline reaches agreement with unions
On 14 November a Nicaraguan human rights NGO, Colectivo de Derechos Humanos Nicaragua Nunca Más (CDHNN+), condemned the forced exile of the president of Nicaragua’s episcopal conference (CEN), Bishop of Jinotega, Carlos Enrique Herrera Gutiérrez.
LatinNews Daily - 14 November 2024
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- ARGENTINA: Court upholds Cristina Fernández corruption conviction
Andean
- ECUADOR: Legislature backs vice president in government feud
- In brief: Bolivia seeks to address fuel shortages
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Authorities on alert after explosions in capital
- In brief: Brazil’s services sector grows in September
Central America & Caribbean
- CUBA: Díaz-Canel hails Russia emergency cooperation
- In brief: Haiti’s PM condemns attacks on commercial flights
Mexico
- MEXICO: US ambassador slams López Obrador security strategy
- In brief: Mexico’s gov’t announces new tax regime for Pemex
Southern Cone
- In brief: IMF hails Paraguay’s ‘robust growth’
On 13 November a court in Argentina’s capital, Buenos Aires, upheld the corruption conviction against former president Cristina Fernández (2007-2015), for which she was sentenced to six years in prison and a lifetime ban from holding public office.
LatinNews Daily - 13 November 2024
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- ARGENTINA: Milei hails falling inflation
Andean
- COLOMBIA: Members of congress caught up in UNGRD scandal
- In brief: Oil production rises in Venezuela
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Concern over police corruption intensifies
- In brief: Brazil’s retail sales up in September
Central America & Caribbean
- COSTA RICA/EL SALVADOR: Bukele advises Chaves on security
- In brief: El Salvador launches another debt repurchase offer
Mexico
- MEXICO: State official arrested over Chilpancingo mayor’s murder
- In brief: Sheinbaum renews plan to tackle inflation
Southern Cone
- In brief: Paraguay’s tax authority hails agreement with Spain
On 12 November Argentina’s national statistics institute (Indec) revealed that annual inflation in October had dropped below 200% for the first time in over a year, while the monthly rate also continued to fall.
LatinNews Daily - 12 November 2024
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- ECUADOR: Noboa conducts reshuffle ahead of elections
Andean
- In brief: Judicial elections confirmed in Bolivia amid Morales setback
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Concerns over public finances persist despite drop in deficit
- In brief: Brazil’s coffee exports up in October
Central America & Caribbean
- HAITI: New PM takes over amid escalating violence
- In brief: Costa Rica and El Salvador presidents boost ties
Mexico
- MEXICO: Gov’t responds to Querétaro massacre
- In brief: Industrial production up in Mexico
Southern Cone
- ARGENTINA: Milei deepens deregulation
- In brief: Paraguay’s lower chamber approves 2025 budget
Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa appointed a new government minister and, crucially, a new acting vice president on 11 November amid rolling power cuts and preparations for the general elections in February 2025.
LatinNews Daily - 11 November 2024
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- HAITI: Prime minister ousted
Andean
- ECUADOR: Vice President claims coup d’état in the making
- In brief: Inflation falls in Colombia
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Brazen murder adds to concerns about crime syndicate
- In brief: Brazil’s inflation accelerates in October
Central America & Caribbean
- In brief: Costa Rica inflation continues to fall
Mexico
- MEXICO: Gov’t hails DTO arrests
- In brief: Fitch warns of impact of Trump presidency on Mexico
Southern Cone
- ARGENTINA: Football murders ratchet up tension in Rosario
- In brief: Chile’s inflation up in October
Washington Watch
- US targets Mexico DTO over fentanyl
On 10 November a decree signed by eight of the nine members of Haiti’s transitional presidential council (TPC) was leaked, which replaced the interim prime minister, Garry Conille, with businessman Alix Didier Fils-Aimé.
LatinNews Daily - 8 November 2024
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- COLOMBIA: Government agrees to new round of ELN peace talks
Andean
- In brief: Peru reduces interest rates
Brazil
- BRAZIL: NGOs raise alarm on police brutality
- In brief: Brazil’s Petrobras posts rise in profits
Central America & Caribbean
- PANAMA: Backlash to proposed CSS reforms
- In brief: US greenlights Guatemala Hass avocados
Mexico
- MEXICO: Gov’t works to assuage Trump concerns
- In brief: Headline inflation up in Mexico while core rate slows
Southern Cone
- ARGENTINA: Government takes action against aviation strike
- In brief: Industrial production, construction drop year-on-year in Argentina
Negotiating teams for the Colombian government and the Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) guerrilla group will meet for another round of peace talks between 19 and 25 November, according to a joint statement released on 7 November.
LatinNews Daily - 7 November 2024
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- MEXICO/REGION: Leaders react to Trump’s victory
Andean
- BOLIVIA: Roadblocks “paused” for 72 hours
- In brief: Peru hails rise in trade with Apec countries
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Central bank accelerates rate hike cycle
- In brief: Brazil’s trade surplus down in October
Central America & Caribbean
- PANAMA: Gov’t unveils social security reform package
- In brief: Another nationwide blackout in Cuba as hurricane hits
Mexico
- In brief: Mexico’s gov’t presents national electricity sector strategy
Southern Cone
- CHILE: Boric replaces deputy ministers, resists larger reshuffle
- In brief: Argentina gov’t rails against airport ground handling firm
On 6 November Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum issued a statement congratulating former US president Donald Trump (2017-2021) on his victory in the US presidential election.
LatinNews Daily - 6 November 2024
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- MEXICO: Migrant caravan departs amid fears of Trump asylum shutdown
Andean
- COLOMBIA: Defence minister criticised over joint operations
- In brief: Fitch maintains Peru’s credit rating, raises outlook
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Lower house approves rules for budgetary grants
- In brief: Brazil’s Gerdau posts yearly drop in Q3 profits
Central America & Caribbean
- GUATEMALA: Court throws out high-profile civil war case
- In brief: Panama schools closed due to rains
Mexico
- In brief: Mexico’s supreme court rejects challenge to judicial reform
Southern Cone
- ARGENTINA: New foreign minister begins purge
- In brief: Uruguay’s headline inflation slows in October
On 5 November a new migrant caravan set off from the city of Tapachula in Mexico’s southern state of Chiapas en route to the US as voters north of the border headed to the polls to elect a new president.
LatinNews Daily - 5 November 2024
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- GUATEMALA: Gov’t implicates ex-president Giammattei in corruption case
Andean
- ECUADOR: Government claims big reduction in homicide rate
- In brief: Peru and China ink food security agreement
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Police concludes probe on high-profile Amazon murders
- In brief: Brazil’s Itaú posts higher profits in Q3
Central America & Caribbean
- In brief: Cuba and Spain underline trade ties
Mexico
- MEXICO: INE approves budget for judicial elections
- In brief: GFCF drops in Mexico
Southern Cone
- URUGUAY: Delgado tries to steal a march on Orsi
- In brief: Chile’s growth stagnates in September
On 4 November Guatemala’s left-of-centre government led by President Bernardo Arévalo announced it would file a criminal complaint against former president Alejandro Giammattei (2020-2024), a former head of the presidential planning secretariat (Segeplan), Keila Gramajo, and a former president of the national electrification institute (Inde), Melvin Quijivix Vega.
LatinNews Daily - 4 November 2024
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- BOLIVIA: Morales on hunger strike to demand political concessions
Andean
- In brief: EU trade deal with Colombia, Peru and Ecuador takes effect
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Tensions with Venezuela escalate
- In brief: Brazil’s industrial production up in September
Central America & Caribbean
- HAITI: Convent attacked amid worsening gang violence
- In brief: Dominican Republic cuts interest rates
Mexico
- MEXICO: Protests in Chiapas over priest killing
- In brief: IMF approves credit line review for Mexico
Southern Cone
- ARGENTINA: Cristina Fernández poised to secure PJ presidency
- In brief: Argentina lowers interest rates
Washington Watch
- US condemns death of Venezuelan opposition activist
On 3 November Bolivia’s former left-wing president Evo Morales (2006-2019) said that he would stage a hunger strike, which he launched two days earlier, until the government of his former ally, President Luis Arce, agrees to hold a political dialogue.
LatinNews Daily - 1 November 2024
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- BRAZIL: Court convicts killers of Marielle Franco
Andean
- BOLIVIA: Judicial elections postponed due to protests
- In brief: Colombia cuts interest rates
Brazil
- In brief: Brazil’s unemployment down in Q3
Central America & Caribbean
- NICARAGUA: New telecoms law approved
- In brief: Panama approves 2025 budget
Mexico
- MEXICO: Sheinbaum publishes decree to shield constitutional reforms
- In brief: Mexico refinances debt on domestic market
Southern Cone
- ARGENTINA: Minister underlines public sector layoffs
- In brief: More lithium investment in Argentina
On 31 October former policemen Ronnie Lessa and Élcio Vieira de Queiroz were found guilty of committing one of Brazil’s most high-profile political assassinations in recent years, the 2018 killing of Rio de Janeiro city councillor Marielle Franco.