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LatinNews Daily - 04 January 2022
Main Briefing
On 3 January Colombia’s President Iván Duque announced that two army battalions will be deployed to the eastern department of Arauca, after at least 24 people were killed in a wave of killings by illegal armed groups on 2 January.... Read More
Andean
* Operations have resumed at the Las Bambas copper mine in Peru’s Apurímac region, after being suspended in late December in response to protests that blocked access roads to the mine.... Read More
Brazil
On 31 December 2021, Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro delivered an end-of-year address on national television to the sound of ‘panelaços’ (pots-and-pans protests) in the country’s main cities. ... Read More
* Brazil’s economy ministry has released its latest figures on the country’s balance of trade, which show that Brazil saw record levels of exports, imports, and trade surplus in 2021.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
On 3 January, Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry told the media that he was targeted in an assassination attempt two days earlier, widely believed to be carried out by armed gangs.... Read More
* Empresa Generadora de Electricidad Haina (EGE Haina), a Dominican mixed public-private company, has raised US$20m in the first placement of green bonds in the Dominican Republic.... Read More
Mexico
On 3 January, many schools across Mexico reopened to in-person teaching after the Christmas break, following instruction from the education ministry (SEP).... Read More
*Mexico’s central bank (Banxico) has released new figures which show remittances to Mexico totalled US$4.7bn in November, up 37.7% on the same month in 2020.... Read More
Southern Cone
The left-wing Frente Amplio (FA) of Chile’s president-elect Gabriel Boric is bidding for the presidency of the constituent convention (CC), which will renew its leadership today (4 January).... Read More
* Chile’s central bank (BCCh) has released new figures which show that its monthly index of economic activity (Imacec), which serves as a proxy for GDP, grew 0.3% in November compared with the previous month and 14.3% year-on-year.... Read More
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- COLOMBIA: Army deployed amid surging guerrilla violence in Arauca
- In brief: Production resumes at Peru’s Las Bambas copper mine
- BRAZIL: Bolsonaro booed during end-of-year address
- In brief: Record numbers for Brazil’s 2021 trade balance
- HAITI: PM denounces assassination attempt
- In brief: First green bond issued in DR
- MEXICO: States divided on return to in-person education
- In brief: Remittances to Mexico surge again
- CHILE: Boric backs bid for constituent convention presidency
- In brief: Chile’s economy continues to recover