LatinNews Daily - 25 September 2023

On 24 September Bolivia’s former president Evo Morales (2006-2019) confirmed that he will be a candidate in the 2025 presidential election, in a move that will deepen the growing rift in the ruling left-wing Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS).... Read More

* Colombia’s national statistics department (Dane) has announced that the country’s poverty rate in 2022 was 36.6%, down from 39.7% in 2021.... Read More

On 22 September Brazil’s supreme court (STF) began voting on the constitutionality of abortion up to the 12th week of pregnancy, with the STF’s president Rosa Weber casting her vote in favour of decriminalising abortion within that period.... Read More

* The US-Italian-French car manufacturer Stellantis has announced that it will invest R$2.5bn (US$506.5m) until 2025 in its Porto Real car factory in Brazil’s south-eastern state of Rio de Janeiro.... Read More

On 22 September Randall Zúñiga, the director of Costa Rica’s judicial investigation agency (OIJ), told national TV channel TN7 that the country had already registered more homicides this year than in the whole of 2022 – itself a record year for homicides.... Read More

* Cuba’s national statistics institute (ONEI) has released new figures which show that the country received 1.67m international tourists in the first eight months of 2023, up 171.6% on the same period in 2022.... Read More

On 24 September Mexico’s attorney general’s office (FGR) accused Mexican judges of “illegal bias” in favour of Emilio Lozoya, the former head of the state oil company Pemex (2012-2016), who is currently on trial for his alleged participation in a contract-rigging scheme involving the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht.... Read More

* Mexico’s national statistics institute (Inegi) has released the latest figures for its monthly global indicator of economic activity (IGAE), which show 0.2% economic growth in July 2023, as compared to the previous month.... Read More

On 24 September Argentina’s main right-of-centre opposition Juntos por el Cambio (JxC) won the gubernatorial elections in the western province of Mendoza at a canter.... Read More

* Argentina’s economy ministry has announced that the country posted a primary deficit of Ar$36.96bn (US$105.6m) in August 2023.... Read More

Guyana: On 14 September during a trip to the US, Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali met with the administrator of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) Samantha Power to discuss food and climate security, migration management, and inclusive economic development.... Read More