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LatinNews Daily - 30 June 2025
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On 29 June Jeannette Jara, the former labour minister (2022-2025) in the government of Chile’s President Gabriel Boric, won the primary elections for the ruling left-of-centre coalition.... Read More
Andean
On 29 June the Spanish newspaper El País reported that Colombia’s former foreign minister Álvaro Leyva (2022-2024) had sought discussions with US officials about removing President Gustavo Petro and replacing him with Vice President Francia Márquez.... Read More
Brazil
On 29 June Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2023) held a rally in São Paulo, which public university Universidade de São Paulo (USP) estimated was attended by 12,400 people, down from the 44,900 people at his previous São Paulo demonstration in April.... Read More
*Brazil’s national statistics institute (Ibge) has released its latest figures for unemployment, showing a jobless rate of 6.2% for the rolling quarter of March-May 2025, equivalent to 6.8m people.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
On 27 June US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti.... Read More
*The International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s executive board has released US$118m in funding for El Salvador following the conclusion of a 2025 Article IV consultation and completion of the first review of its Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement with the country.... Read More
Mexico
On 29 June Mexico’s Public Security Minister Omar García Harfuch announced that authorities had dismantled one of the country’s main fuel theft networks in central Mexico.... Read More
*International credit ratings agency Fitch has downgraded three Mexican financial institutions citing money laundering concerns.... Read More
Southern Cone
*Paraguay’s central bank (BCP) has released its latest quarterly report showing that GDP grew by 5.9% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2025.... Read More
Washington Watch
Venezuela: On 24 June the US State Department announced that it was sanctioning Giovanni Vicente Mosquera Serrano, an alleged key leader of Tren de Aragua (TdA), a transnational criminal group originating from Venezuela.... Read More
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- CHILE: Jara sweeps primary elections
- COLOMBIA: Former minister accused of plotting Petro’s removal in US
- In brief: Colombia’s interest rate held amid fiscal concerns
- BRAZIL: Attendance down at Bolsonaro rally
- In brief: Brazil’s unemployment rate continues to drop
- HAITI: US ends TPS for Haiti
- In brief: IMF releases funds for El Salvador
- MEXICO: Gov’t cracks down on fuel theft
- In brief: Fitch downgrades sanctioned Mexican finance firms
- In brief: Paraguay’s GDP growth picks up in Q1
- US sanctions TdA leader