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LatinNews Daily - 07 December 2022
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On 6 December, Argentina’s Vice President Cristina Fernández was sentenced to six years in prison and a lifetime ban from holding public office in the ‘Vialidad’ corruption case.... Read More
Andean
On 6 December, Bolivia’s Attorney General Juan Lanchipa Ponce confirmed that a criminal investigation has been launched into the leaders of the anti-government protests which took place in the eastern department of Santa Cruz in October and November.... Read More
* Peru’s mining and energy ministry (MEM) has released new figures showing that mining exports and investments in the mining sector both fell in October.... Read More
Brazil
On 6 December, Brazil’s senate’s constitutional and justice commission (CCJ) approved the bill for a constitutional amendment (PEC) that will allow the future government of leftist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to spend beyond the constitutional spending cap in 2023 and 2024.... Read More
* Brazil’s state-controlled oil company, Petrobras, has announced a reduction in the price of petrol and diesel for its distributors.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
Preliminary results from Dominica’s electoral office showed Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit’s Dominica Labour Party (DLP) had won 19 of 21 seats up for grabs in a general election held on 6 December.... Read More
* Costa Rica’s government led by President Rodrigo Chaves has unveiled the country’s national development plan for 2023-2026 which outlines a roadmap for the next four years, defined by seven national goals and 239 sectoral goals.... Read More
Mexico
On 6 December, Mexico’s lower chamber of congress voted to reject President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s electoral reform. ... Read More
* Mexico’s national statistics institute (Inegi) has released new figures which show that gross fixed capital formation (GFCF) in September was down 0.9% compared with the previous month, according to seasonally-adjusted figures.... Read More
Southern Cone
* Tensions between Uruguay and the rest of the members of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) trade bloc which also includes Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay, have re-emerged at the 5-6 December summit which took place in Uruguay’s capital Montevideo.... Read More
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- ARGENTINA: Vice president convicted in corruption case
- BOLIVIA: Investigation launched into protest leaders
- In brief: Peru’s mining investment and exports down
- BRAZIL: Senators cut Lula’s spending package
- In brief: Brazil’s Petrobras lowers prices
- DOMINICA: Skerrit wins another term
- In brief: Costa Rica unveils national development plan
- MEXICO: Lower chamber rejects electoral reform
- In brief: Mexico’s gross fixed investment down in monthly terms
- In brief: Tensions persist at Mercosur summit