LatinNews Daily - 18 February 2026

On 17 February Peru’s President José Jerí was impeached by congress, with legislators due to elect a new president today (18 February).... Read More

*US Energy Secretary Chris Wright has said that Venezuelan oil exports are expected to total over US$10bn per year now that the US has assumed de facto control of the oil sector.... Read More

On 17 February Brazil’s federal police (PF) searched the properties of suspects allegedly involved in the leaking of confidential tax and financial information of justices on the supreme court (STF) and their families.... Read More

*Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has begun a five-day state visit to India after which he will visit South Korea from 22-24 February.... Read More

On 17 February Guatemala’s left-of-centre government led by President Bernardo Arévalo announced the launch of a new security plan ‘Centinela Metropolitano’, involving the deployment of joint military-police (PNC) patrols to crime hotspots in Guatemala department and the capital, Guatemala City.... Read More

*The European Union (EU) has opted to keep Panama on its list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes in its latest update.... Read More

On 17 February Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum met with the minister responsible for Canada-US trade, intergovernmental affairs, and internal trade, Dominic LeBlanc, and Canada’s agriculture minister, Heath MacDonald.... Read More

*Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum has announced that Mexico is going to continue sending humanitarian aid to Cuba, but stated that “we are not going to send fuel for the time being”.... Read More

On 17 February Paraguay’s President Santiago Peña appointed his hitherto industry and trade minister, Javier Giménez García de Zuñiga, as head of his ministerial cabinet.... Read More

*Uruguay’s senate has begun discussions on the trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and Mercosur South American trade bloc.... Read More