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LatinNews Daily - 27 March 2023

Main Briefing
On 26 March the president of Cuba’s national electoral council, Alina Balseiro, cited preliminary figures which put turnout in elections held earlier that day for the 470-member national assembly (ANPP) at 70.34%.... Read More
Andean
On 26 March Peru’s President Dina Boluarte dismissed corruption allegations against her as a “political manoeuvre aimed at staining the government”.... Read More
* The president of Peru’s central bank (BCRP), Julio Velarde, has said that Peru’s GDP growth forecast for 2023 has been lowered from 2.9% to 2.6%.... Read More
Brazil
On 25 March, the office of Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced that his official visit to China would be postponed after he was diagnosed with pneumonia.  ... Read More
* Brazil’s national statistics institute (Ibge) has released the latest consumer price index which put monthly inflation in March at 0.69%, bringing annual inflation to 5.36%.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
*Honduras’s government led by President Xiomara Castro has formally established ties with China and severed relations with Taiwan.... Read More
Mexico
On 26 March, Mexico’s government announced that it would challenge the suspension of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s controversial ‘Plan B’ electoral reform.... Read More
* Mexico’s national statistics institute (Inegi) has released the latest figures for its monthly global indicator of economic activity (IGAE) which show economic activity grew by 0.6% in January compared to the previous month.... Read More
Southern Cone
Argentina’s former right-of-centre president Mauricio Macri (2015-2019) formally announced on 26 March that he will not be a candidate in this October’s presidential elections, in effect narrowing the field in the opposition Juntos por el Cambio (JxC) coalition and increasing pressure on the ruling left-of-centre Frente de Todos (FdT) to do likewise.... Read More
* Paraguay’s central bank (BCP) has released its latest figures on economic growth, showing that GDP grew by 1.7% in the fourth quarter of 2022 as compared to the same period of the previous year.... Read More
Washington Watch
Venezuela: On 17 March, the US State Department announced US$140m in additional humanitarian assistance and more than US$31m in development assistance to address the social and humanitarian crises afflicting Venezuela.... Read More

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