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LatinNews Daily - 01 April 2026
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On 31 March Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, of the left-wing Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), announced that Vice President Geraldo Alckmin, of the centre-left Partido Socialista Brasileiro (PSB), will run on his ticket again for the presidential election in October.... Read More
Andean
On 31 March the two frontrunners in Peru’s 12 April presidential election, Keiko Fujimori and Rafael López Aliaga, faced off in a televised presidential debate alongside nine other candidates.... Read More
*Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro has criticised yesterday’s decision by the central bank (Banrep) to raise the benchmark interest rate by 100 basis points to 11.25%.... Read More
Brazil
*Brazil’s labour ministry has released new figures from its national employment registry (Novo Caged), which show that a net total of 255,321 jobs were created in February 2026.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
On 31 March the special representative of the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General for Haiti, Carlos Ruiz Massieu, confirmed that an armed gang had killed “at least 70” in a massacre in the department of Artibonite.... Read More
*Nicaragua’s central bank (BCN) has released a new report showing that the annual exports of goods, including free zone, totalled US$8.91bn in 2025, marking an increase of 15.4% on 2024.... Read More
Mexico
On 31 March the attorney general’s office in Mexico’s Tabasco state (FGET) announced the opening of new criminal proceedings against Hernán Bermúdez Requena, the state’s former public security minister (2019-2024).... Read More
*Mexico’s energy ministry (Sener) has announced that the government led by President Claudia Sheinbaum has reached an agreement with the oil sector to keep the price of petrol below M$24 (US$1.34) per litre.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 31 March a government report showed that the rate of poverty in Argentina under President Javier Milei continued to fall in the second half of 2025 to its lowest level in over seven years.... Read More
*Paraguay’s government led by President Santiago Peña has announced the resignation of Carlos Fernández Valdovinos as economy and finance minister.... Read More
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