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LatinNews Daily - 25 June 2025
Main Briefing
On 24 June Panama’s government led by President José Raúl Mulino announced it was extending the state of emergency in the banana-growing province of Bocas del Toro for a further five days.... Read More
Andean
On 24 June Colombia’s Interior Minister Armando Benedetti announced tighter security measures for presidential aspirants following the 7 June assassination attempt against senator and conservative presidential pre-candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay.... Read More
*Colombia’s state oil company, Ecopetrol, has announced that its Lorito oilfield in the central department of Meta is commercially viable and contains an estimated 250m barrels of recoverable crude.... Read More
Brazil
On 24 June Brazilian supreme court justice (STF) Alexandre de Moraes, the judge overseeing a case involving an alleged plot in 2022 to help former president Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2023) stay in power, presided over a hearing in which he questioned defendants about their conflicting accounts of the events.... Read More
*Brazil’s agriculture ministry has announced that 17 countries have lifted their full or partial suspensions on shipments of poultry from Brazil.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
*The executive secretariat of the Central American monetary council (CMCA), part of the Central American integration system (Sica), has released a new report warning of the impact in Central America of US President Donald Trump’s proposed 3.5% tax on remittances sent home by expatriate workers.... Read More
Mexico
On 24 June Mexico’s lower chamber of congress approved a new bill regulating the national guard (GN), part of a wider reform of public security legislation announced by President Claudia Sheinbaum.... Read More
*Mexico’s finance ministry (SHCP) has announced the government has issued bonds totalling US$6.8bn on the international market, with demand for the offer reaching US$19bn.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 24 June Argentina’s presidential spokesperson, Manuel Adorni, defended the decision of the government led by President Javier Milei to veto a bill declaring a state of emergency in the city of Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires province, which was hit by severe flooding in March.... Read More
*The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has stated that Chile could achieve higher growth by implementing structural reforms to improve investment efficiency, stimulate labour participation, and boost public-private research and development (R&D) collaboration.... Read More
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- PANAMA: State of emergency in Bocas del Toro extended
- COLOMBIA: Tighter security for candidates after assassination attempt
- In brief: Colombia’s Ecopetrol declares Lorito oilfield commercially viable
- BRAZIL: Defendants diverge on testimony in coup case
- In brief: Trade partners lift Brazilian poultry restrictions
- In brief: Warning of US remittance tax impact on Central America
- MEXICO: Deputies approve national guard bill
- In brief: Mexico places bonds on international market
- ARGENTINA: Milei vetoes Bahía Blanca aid bill
- In brief: IMF outlines reforms to boost Chile’s economy