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LatinNews Daily - 10 January 2022

Main Briefing
On 9 January, opposition candidate Sergio Garrido of the Mesa de la Unidad Democrática (MUD) coalition won the controversial repeat gubernatorial election in Venezuela’s Barinas state.... Read More
Andean
* Ecuador’s state-owned oil company, Petroecuador, has announced that its oil production has almost returned to normal levels after soil erosion forced a suspension of pumping on two of its pipelines on 10 December.... Read More
Brazil
On 8 January, Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said that he expects 12 of his 23 cabinet ministers to leave government by the end of March to run in the 2 October general election. ... Read More
* Brazil’s national association of vehicle manufacturers (Anfavea) has released its industry figures for 2021, which confirm the trend observed by the national federation of automobile dealers (Fenabrave): Brazil’s vehicle industry has performed better in 2021 after the difficult year that was 2020, and will continue to timidly recover in 2022.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
On 7 January Stéphane Dujarric, the spokesperson for United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, condemned the killing of two journalists, John Wesley Amady and Wilguens Louis-Saint, in Haiti, the previous day.... Read More
*Costa Rica’s national statistics institute (Inec) has released its latest figures on inflation which show that this closed at 3.30% in 2021, the highest rate in seven years.... Read More
Mexico
On 9 January, Mexico’s federal attorney general’s office (FGR) announced arrest warrants for seven individuals in relation to the controversial ‘Fast and Furious’ US security operation, which took place between 2006 and 2011.  ... Read More
* Mexico’s national statistics institute (Inegi) has released year-end figures on the national consumer price index (INPC) which show the annual inflation rate for 2021 at 7.36%, the highest recorded since 2001, and more than double the 3% inflation target figure set by Mexico’s central bank (Banxico).... Read More
Southern Cone
On 7 January Argentina assumed the pro tempore presidency of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) during a meeting of regional foreign ministers held in Buenos Aires.... Read More
* Chile’s national statistics institute (INE) has released new December 2021 data for the consumer price index (IPC), which shows that monthly inflation was 0.8%, bringing the annual rate to 7.2% - well beyond the 3% target set by the central bank (BCCh).... Read More
Washington Watch
Chile: On 30 December US President Joe Biden telephoned Chile’s President-elect Gabriel Boric to congratulate him on his election victory in the 19 December presidential second-round run-off.... Read More

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