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LatinNews Daily - 16 February 2024
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On 15 February Venezuela’s government ordered the local branch of the United Nations (UN) Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to suspend its operations and asked its staff to leave the country within 72 hours.... Read More
Andean
*Colombia’s national statistics department (Dane) has announced that the country’s GDP grew by 0.6% in 2023, with the economy growing by 0.3% year-on-year in the final quarter.... Read More
Brazil
On 15 February Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva slammed Israel’s actions in Gaza and said the international community had failed to prevent the war. ... Read More
*The governments of Brazil and Egypt have signed two agreements which reduce restrictions on the export of Brazilian beef, pork, and poultry, and strengthen cooperation in science and technology.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
On 15 February Nuevas Ideas (NI), the party of El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele who won re-election in the 4 February presidential vote, announced some victories following a recount of votes from the concurrent legislative elections which has yet to be concluded.... Read More
*Costa Rica’s ministries of foreign trade (Comex) and science, innovation, technology & telecommunications (Micitt) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the US’ Arizona State University.... Read More
Mexico
On 15 February the mayor of Taxco city in Mexico’s Guerrero state was involved in an armed attack, as violence continues to escalate in the state.... Read More
*Mexico’s federal competition commission (Cofece) has issued new conditions on the government’s planned purchase of 13 power plants from Spanish energy company Iberdrola.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 15 February Argentina’s energy secretariat announced that under its plan to reduce electricity subsidies, tariffs will increase in April by between 65% and 150% and will from that point onwards be subject to indexation.... Read More
*Paraguay’s Foreign Minister Rubén Ramírez has stated that Paraguay’s government led by President Santiago Peña and Argentina’s government led by President Javier Milei agreed that negotiations for a free trade deal between the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) and European Union (EU) would not advance any further.... Read More
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- VENEZUELA: UN human rights office closed down
- In brief: Colombia’s GDP grows less than expected in 2023
- BRAZIL: Lula criticises Israel war on Gaza, calls for ceasefire
- In brief: Brazil signs agreements with Egypt on meat exports and science
- EL SALVADOR: Bukele’s party claims seats in legislative vote recount
- In brief: Costa Rica and US university boost tech sector training
- MEXICO: Violence continues to escalate in Guerrero
- In brief: Mexico’s Cofece conditions gov’t purchase of Iberdrola plants
- ARGENTINA: Electricity tariffs set to surge
- In brief: Paraguay, Argentina give up on Mercosur-EU deal