LatinNews Daily - 02 July 2026

On 1 July the US opted not to renew the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) for another 16 years, triggering an annual review process prior to the deal’s expiration in 2036.... Read More

On 1 July the US State Department designated the Ecuadorean gang Chone Killers as a foreign terrorist organisation (FTO).... Read More

*Peru’s mining and energy ministry (Minem) has announced that mineral exports in the first quarter of 2026 totalled US$21.65bn, up 56.2% year-on-year, with the increase mostly driven by increased global demand for metals such as gold, copper, lead, silver, and zinc.... Read More

On 1 July Senator Flávio Bolsonaro (Partido Liberal, PL), who is expected to be the main right-wing contender in Brazil’s presidential election in October, held a meeting with prominent right-wing women in politics and affirmed his commitment to addressing issues such as femicides.... Read More

*Brazil’s federal oil and gas regulator (ANP) has released the national production figures for May, showing a total of 5.597m barrels per day of oil equivalent (boepd) of oil and natural gas were produced.... Read More

On 1 July Panama’s President José Raúl Mulino announced plans to construct a maximum-security prison and strengthen prison regulations.... Read More

*Guatemala’s finance minister, Jonathan Menkos, has unveiled the government’s proposed 2027 State budget which is for Q181.6bn (US$23.8bn).... Read More

*Mexico’s central bank (Banxico) has released remittance figures for May 2026, announcing that remittances to the country totalled US$5.61bn.... Read More

On 1 July Chile’s President José Antonio Kast met with his Paraguayan counterpart, Santiago Peña, in Asunción.... Read More

*Chile’s central bank (BCCh) has released the latest figures for its economic activity index (Imacec), showing a year-on-year decrease of 0.9% and a monthly decrease of 0.2% in May.... Read More