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LatinNews Daily - 27 March 2026
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On 26 March New York judge Alvin Hellerstein rejected an appeal to dismiss the drug trafficking and weapons charges against Venezuela’s former president Nicolás Maduro (2013-2026) and his wife Cilia Flores during their second court appearance since being seized by the US on 3 January.... Read More
Andean
*Bolivian transport workers have reached an agreement with the government to lift roadblocks in La Paz department, which began on 25 March and which they had warned would continue indefinitely as tensions persist over damage caused to vehicles by contaminated fuel distributed by state hydrocarbon company Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB).... Read More
Brazil
On 26 March a court in Rio de Janeiro annulled the election that same day of Douglas Ruas, of the Bolsonarista Partido Liberal (PL), as president of Rio state’s legislative assembly (Alerj).... Read More
*Brazil’s state oil company Petrobras has announced a new oil discovery in the Campos basin off the coast of Rio de Janeiro state.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
On 26 March the Honduran supreme court (CSJ) elected Wagner Vallecillo as president of the body after Rebeca Ráquel Obando, who was aligned with the leftist opposition Partido Libertad y Refundación (Libre), resigned the position in order to avoid impeachment.... Read More
*Cubans are hoping that an oil tanker from Russia reportedly carrying some 740,000 barrels of crude will reach the island early next week as they endured widespread power cuts on 26 March amid a worsening energy crisis.... Read More
Mexico
On 26 March Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum said that the senate’s removal of changes to the presidential recall vote from her Plan B electoral reform was “bad for the country”.... Read More
*Mexico’s central bank (Banxico) has lowered its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points, bringing the rate to 6.75%.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 26 March local media reported incidents of riots, vandalism, and violent clashes between the police and demonstrators in Chile’s capital Santiago during protests against the steep increase in fuel prices introduced by President José Antonio Kast.... Read More
*Argentina’s national statistics institute (Indec) has released its monthly estimate of economic activity (Emae) for January 2026, showing a 1.9% year-on-year increase and a 0.4% rise as compared to the previous month, in seasonally adjusted terms.... Read More
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- VENEZUELA: US judge dismisses request to throw out Maduro trial
- In brief: Bolivia’s gov’t reaches agreement with protesting transport workers
- BRAZIL: Rio politics in disarray after Castro resigns
- In brief: Brazil’s Petrobras announces new oil discovery
- HONDURAS: Asfura loosens Libre’s grip on key institutions
- In brief: Cuba awaiting Russian crude amid fresh blackout
- MEXICO: Sheinbaum downplays electoral reform changes
- In brief: Mexico’s Banxico resumes rate-cutting cycle amid rising inflation
- CHILE: Violent incidents during fuel price protests
- In brief: Argentina’s economic activity up in January