LatinNews Daily - 05 June 2023

On 4 June preliminary results showed that Delfina Gómez, the candidate for Mexico’s ruling Movimiento Regeneración Nacional (Morena) and allied parties, had been elected as governor of Estado de México (Edomex).... Read More

 On 4 June Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro denied any irregularities during last year’s election campaign, after audio recordings surfaced of Colombia’s recently fired ambassador to Venezuela, Armando Benedetti, threatening to reveal information that he said could “bring us all down”.... Read More

* Peru’s investment promotion agency Proinversión has announced that it expects the government to receive over US$600m in tenders for five public-private investment projects in June.... Read More

On 4 June the Brazilian TV broadcaster Globo revealed that two new suspects have been charged by the police in relation to the murders in the Amazon last year of British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian indigenous expert Bruno Pereira. ... Read More

* Brazil’s national statistics institute (Ibge) has announced that the country’s industrial production declined by 0.6% in April compared with March, in seasonally adjusted terms.... Read More

On 4 June Realizando Metas (RM), the latest party of Panama’s former president Ricardo Martinelli (Cambio Democrático, CD, 2009-2014), held primaries ahead of the May 2024 general elections in which Martinelli was elected as its presidential candidate.... Read More

* Honduras’ central bank (BCH) has released new figures which show that monthly inflation in May was 0.07%, which it said was the lowest for the month of May of the last three years.... Read More

* Mexico’s national statistics institute (Inegi) has published new figures which show that the unemployment rate stood at 2.8% of the economically active population – people over the age of 15 who are employed or seeking employment – in April 2023, equating to 1.7m people.... Read More

On 2 June Argentina’s economy minister, Sergio Massa, concluded a week-long visit to China which produced promises of greater trade and investment with Beijing, and a currency swap agreement between the two central banks.... Read More

* Paraguay’s central bank (BCP) has released new figures which show that monthly inflation in May was 0%, down from 0.2% observed in the same month in 2022, and down from 0.4% monthly inflation in April.... Read More

Colombia: From 22-24 May Uzra Zeya, US Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights, visited Colombia.... Read More