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LatinNews Daily - 22 March 2023
Main Briefing
On 22 March Rafael Curruchiche, the head of Guatemala’s attorney general (AG)’s special anti-impunity unit (Feci), announced that he had requested the lifting of immunity from prosecution of Edmond Mulet, a presidential candidate who is competing in the 25 June general elections for the centre-right Cabal party.... Read More
Andean
On 21 March, Colombia’s Attorney General Francisco Barbosa confirmed that President Gustavo Petro’s son is being investigated for alleged money laundering.... Read More
* Ecuador’s state oil company, Petroecuador, has announced that it has declared force majeure at its 16-67, 43-ITT and 61 oilfields in response to community protests targeting the company’s facilities.... Read More
Brazil
On 21 March, Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced a package of measures to tackle the country’s historic racial inequality and signed decrees including affirmative action measures and the granting of land rights to certain Afro-Brazilian communities.... Read More
* The Brazilian meatpacking giant JBS has announced that its net profit slumped by 63.7% year-on-year in Q4 2022, with liquid profits in Q4 totalling R$2.3bn (US$438.88m).... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
*Panama’s government led by President Laurentino Cortizo has issued a US$1bn bond on international markets and reopened another bond for US$800m according to the economy & finance ministry (MEF).... Read More
Mexico
On 21 March, Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador rejected criticism of his government’s human rights record from the US State Department as “lies”.... Read More
*Economic analysts consulted by Citibanamex, the Mexican banking unit of US financial giant Citigroup Inc, have forecast that GDP will grow by 1.4% in 2023.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 21 March Chile’s constitutional tribunal (TC) voted to uphold seven out of 13 controversial pardons granted by President Gabriel Boric last December, a decision seen as relieving some of the political pressure on the government. ... Read More
*Argentina’s labour ministry has announced new rises in minimum wage, which will increase by 15.6% to Ar$80,342 (US$392) a month in April, by 6% to Ar$84,512 in May and by 5% to Ar$87,987 in June.... Read More
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- GUATEMALA: Moves to exclude another leading presidential contender
- COLOMBIA: Petro’s son under investigation for money laundering
- In brief: Ecuador’s state oil company declares force majeure at more oilfields
- BRAZIL: Lula announces measures to tackle racial inequality
- In brief: Brazilian meatpacker JBS reports major slump in profits
- In brief: Panama issues bonds to boost budget
- MEXICO: López Obrador ups criticism of US
- In brief: Experts raise Mexico’s 2023 growth forecast
- CHILE: Top court upholds presidential pardons
- In brief: Argentina raises minimum wage