LatinNews Daily - 10 October 2025

On 9 October Peru’s President Dina Boluarte was impeached and replaced by José Jerí, who had been serving as president of congress.... Read More

*Peru’s central bank (BCRP) has held its benchmark interest rate at 4.25%, after lowering it by 25 basis points in its previous monetary policy decision in September.... Read More

On 9 October Brazilian supreme court (STF) justice Luís Roberto Barroso, who was the president of the 11-member STF from 2023-2025, announced that he will retire from the court and from public life.... Read More

*Brazil’s national statistics institute (Ibge) has released the latest figures for its consumer price index (Ipca), showing monthly inflation of 0.48% in September and an annual rate of 5.17%.... Read More

On 9 October Plataforma de Unidad por la Democracia (Pude), a grouping of organisations comprising Nicaraguan exiles and diaspora, issued a statement expressing concern over mining concessions awarded to Chinese companies.... Read More

*Panama’s economy ministry (MEF) has announced that Panama will continue to feature on the European Union (EU)’s list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes which is due to be reviewed this month.... Read More

On 9 October US multinational investment bank and financial services corporation Citigroup Inc.... Read More

*Mexico’s national statistics institute (Inegi) has released the consumer price index (INPC) for September, showing a monthly inflation rate of 0.23% and an annual rate of 3.76%.... Read More

On 9 October the electoral council of the province of Buenos Aires rejected a request by the far-right La Libertad Avanza (LLA) led by Argentina’s President Javier Milei to reprint the ballot papers for the upcoming mid-term federal congressional elections after the party’s top candidate José Luis Espert withdrew from the race in the face of a corruption scandal.... Read More

*Argentina’s President Javier Milei has thanked US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent for his “firm support” following his announcement that the US had directly purchased Argentine pesos and finalised a previously announced US$20bn currency swap framework with Argentina’s central bank (BCRA).... Read More