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LatinNews Daily - 23 March 2023

Main Briefing
On 22 March, Brazil’s justice minister Flávio Dino announced that federal police had dismantled a planned attack from a criminal organisation to assassinate or kidnap public officials and authorities, including the federal senator Sergio Moro, the former anti-corruption judge who was appointed justice minister during the right-wing presidency of Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2023).... Read More
Andean
On 22 March, Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro presented a pension reform bill to congress.... Read More
* Colombia’s aviation authority, Aeronática Civil, has authorised a merger between the airlines Viva Air and Avianca.... Read More
Brazil
* Brazil’s central bank (BCB) has voted to maintain the benchmark interest rate at 13.75% for the fifth consecutive month, ignoring mounting pressure from President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva for a reduction in the cost of borrowing.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
On 22 March a Honduran government delegation headed up by foreign minister, Eduardo Enrique Reina, travelled to China.... Read More
*Nicaragua’s central bank (BCN) has released new figures which show remittances to the country totalled US$330.6m in February, up 4.3% on the previous month and 63.5% on the same month in 2022.... Read More
Mexico
On 22 March, authorities in Mexico announced the arrest of nine police officers in relation to the 2014 Ayotzinapa massacre.... Read More
* Mexico’s national confederation of state governors (Conago) has pledged to work with the US to tackle climate change.... Read More
Southern Cone
On 22 March, Argentina’s government led by President Alberto Fernández announced that public sector institutions would be required to swap their holdings of US dollar bonds for peso-denominated notes, in an attempt to shore up dwindling foreign currency reserves and avoid a devaluation. ... Read More
* Argentina’s national statistics institute (Indec) has released the latest figures on economic activity which shows that the economy contracted by 1.5% in the fourth quarter of 2022 as compared to the previous quarter.... Read More

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