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LatinNews Daily - 11 January 2022

Main Briefing
On 10 January Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega took office for a fourth consecutive five-year term for the ruling Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN).... Read More
Andean
On 10 January, Colombia’s Defence Minister Diego Molano Aponte announced that security would be tightened in the southwestern city of Cali (Valle del Cauca department) following a bomb attack that injured 13 police officers on 7 January.... Read More
* Bolivia’s national statistics institute (INE) has published the latest figures for its consumer price index (IPC), showing that year-on-year inflation in December 2021 stood at 0.90%.... Read More
Brazil
On 10 January, Brazil’s Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga acknowledged that the omicron variant of the coronavirus (Covid-19) is generating uncertainty in the country, although he assured that hospitalisations and deaths from the virus would remain low even as cases explode. ... Read More
* A number of companies have suspended their mining operations in Brazil’s southeastern state of Minas Gerais, as heavy rains have battered the state and threaten the safety of infrastructure and workers.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
* Honduras’s central bank (BCH) has released new figures which show monthly inflation in Honduras was 0.96% in December 2021, bringing the annual rate to 5.32% (up from 4.01% in December 2020).... Read More
Mexico
On 10 January, the state attorney general’s office (FGE) in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua launched an investigation into an attack in a bar in the city of Ciudad Juárez, which left three dead and seven injured.  ... Read More
* Mexico’s national statistics institute (Inegi) has released new figures which show that 2.8m international tourists entered Mexico in November, up 38.5% on the 2.1m who visited in November 2020, but fewer than the 3.84m registered in November 2019 before the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic disrupted travel and tourism.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 10 January Paraguay modified its entry requirements as it wrestles with a new wave of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic that is sweeping over the country.... Read More
* Speaking before Chile’s congressional economy committee, Energy & Mining Minister Juan Carlos Jobet admitted that the outgoing government led by President Sebastián Piñera could have made more efforts to provide better information regarding a highly questioned lithium rights auction which has drawn opposition.... Read More

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