LatinNews Daily - 03 February 2026

On 2 February Venezuela’s President Delcy Rodríguez held a meeting with Laura Dogu, the new US envoy to Venezuela.... Read More

*Ecuador’s government has suspended all mining activity in the Amazonian province of Napo and suspended operations at all mineral processing plants in the southern provinces of El Oro and Loja, with the mining and energy ministry saying that this is “in response to technical reports showing negative impacts on ecosystems and water sources, resulting from illegal activities”.... Read More

On 2 February Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva marked the return of congress from its recess with an official message in which he highlighted legislation that his government will prioritise in 2026, including proposed bills on security and labour reforms.... Read More

*Brazil’s federal oil and gas regulator (ANP) has released the latest national production figures, showing 4.9m barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd) for 2025, up 13.3% compared to 2024.... Read More

On 2 February Honduras’ new President Nasry Asfura revealed plans to draft new anti-corruption legislation.... Read More

*Cuba’s national statistics office (Onei) has released new figures showing that the country received a total of 1.81m international tourists in 2025, down 18% on 2024.... Read More

On 2 February Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum stated that Adán Augusto López had decided of his own accord to step down as the leader of the ruling Movimiento Regeneración Nacional (Morena) in the senate.... Read More

*Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum has inaugurated the three final stations of the Tren El Insurgente, a new intercity train connecting Mexico City (CDMX) to Toluca, the capital of neighbouring Estado de México (Edomex), after 12 years of construction.... Read More

On 2 February the director of Argentina’s national statistics institute (Indec), Marco Lavagna, resigned, shortly after which the economy minister, Luis Caputo, announced the delay of the introduction of a changed methodology to calculate the consumer price index (CPI).... Read More

*Chile’s central bank (BCCh) has released the latest figures for its economic activity index (Imacec), which showed a 1.7% year-on-year rise in December and a 0.6% increase compared to November.... Read More