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LatinNews Daily - 02 December 2022

Main Briefing
On 1 December, Peru’s congress voted to launch impeachment proceedings against President Pedro Castillo for the third time in his presidency.... Read More
Andean
* Ecuador’s government, in conjunction with the Inter-American Development Bank (BID), has presented a roadmap for the production and use of green hydrogen as part of plans to introduce more renewable sources into the country’s energy matrix.... Read More
Brazil
On 1 December Brazil’s national institute for space research (INPE) reported that the number of fires in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest almost doubled in November compared to the same month in 2021.... Read More
* Brazil’s national statistics institute (Ibge) has released the latest growth figures, showing that GDP increased by 0.4% in the third quarter of 2022, compared to the immediately preceding quarter.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
On 1 December Guatemala’s interior minister, David Napoleón Barrientos, announced the arrest of a Salvadorean national, Walter Mauricio Trejo Mejía, alias ‘Míster’, who is believed to be the coordinator of criminal activities for the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang in Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador.... Read More
*Cuba’s government has rejected the proposal by its US counterpart to scrap a plan to install a new undersea telecommunications cable to Cuba.... Read More
Mexico
On 1 December, Mexico’s Labour Minister Luisa María Alcalde announced that the minimum wage would increase by 20% in 2023.... Read More
*Mexico’s economy ministry (SE) has announced that Economy Minister Raquel Buenrostro has met with US Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai in Washington to discuss the ongoing dispute settlement consultations related to Mexico’s energy policies.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 1 December the governments of both Chile and Bolivia celebrated the outcome of the dispute over the status and use of the waters of the Silala river before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague.... Read More
* Chile’s central bank (BCCh) has released new figures showing that the monthly index of economic activity (Imacec), which serves as a proxy for GDP, dropped by 1.2% in October 2022 compared to the same month of 2021.... Read More

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