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LatinNews Daily - 13 June 2025
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- PERU: PM wins confidence vote in boost for Boluarte
Andean
- In brief: Peru holds interest rates
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Congress signals resistance to government’s fiscal measures
- In brief: Brazil’s retail sales drop in monthly terms
Central America & Caribbean
- PANAMA: Mulino responds to US Huawei announcement
- In brief: Domestic commercial flights resume in Haiti
Mexico
- MEXICO: Tensions rise with US over migrant protests
- In brief: Mexico’s gov’t announces plan to reduce price of tortillas
Southern Cone
- ARGENTINA: Milei delivers on inflation
- In brief: Argentina receives more IMF plaudits
On 12 June Peru’s new Prime Minister Eduardo Arana won a confidence vote in congress.
LatinNews Daily - 12 June 2025
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- BOLIVIA: Protests turn deadly
Andean
- In brief: Colombia’s Petro convenes referendum amid intense opposition
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Top court reaches majority on social media liability
- In brief: Brazil’s government announces new fiscal measures
Central America & Caribbean
- PANAMA: Deal reached with striking banana workers
- In brief: US to replace Huawei telecoms equipment in Panama
Mexico
- MEXICO: Sheinbaum introduces new GN bill
- In brief: Heineken announces major investment in Mexico
Southern Cone
- ARGENTINA: Milei reaffirms support for Israel
- In brief: Argentina’s central bank completes new repurchase agreement
On 11 June three Bolivian police officers and a demonstrator were killed during protests by supporters of former president Evo Morales (2006-2019).
LatinNews Daily - 11 June 2025
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- ARGENTINA: Fernández banned from politics as CSJN upholds conviction
Andean
- COLOMBIA: Wave of bombings hits the southwest
- In brief: Bolivia’s agriculture sector tallies cost of roadblocks
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Bolsonaro denies plotting coup
- In brief: Brazil’s inflation slows in May
Central America & Caribbean
- PANAMA: Police under further pressure over protest response
- In brief: Dominican Republic’s exports up
Mexico
- MEXICO: Sheinbaum rejects claim of encouraging LA violence
- In brief: Fitch warns Mexico facing recession
Southern Cone
- In brief: Manufacturing and construction up in Argentina
On 10 June Argentina’s supreme court (CSJN) rejected an appeal by former president Cristina Fernández (2007-2015), confirming a corruption conviction that carries a six-year prison sentence and a lifetime ban on holding public office.
LatinNews Daily - 10 June 2025
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- MEXICO: US hones in on Los Chapitos
Andean
- BOLIVIA: New investigation into Morales over roadblocks
- In brief: Inflation rises in Ecuador
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Bolsonaro’s former aide testifies against him
- In brief: Brazilian market experts raise growth forecast
Central America & Caribbean
- GUATEMALA: Gov’t downplays Mexico incursion
- In brief: Mulino claims cost overruns in Panama Canal bridge project
Mexico
- In brief: Mexico’s annual inflation accelerates, exceeds target range
Southern Cone
- ARGENTINA: Fernández lashes out amid conviction speculation
- In brief: Argentina’s central bank unveils measures to boost foreign reserves
On 9 June the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (Ofac) announced sanctions targeting Los Chapitos, a faction of Mexico’s Cártel de Sinaloa that the US claims bears primary responsibility for the illicit fentanyl trade.
LatinNews Daily - 9 June 2025
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- COLOMBIA: Presidential pre-candidate in grave condition after attack
Andean
- In brief: Inflation surges again in Bolivia
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Lula affirms green ambitions
- In brief: Brazilian airline Gol exits bankruptcy
Central America & Caribbean
- EL SALVADOR: Another Bukele critic arrested
- In brief: Rise in mobile internet fees in Cuba stokes concerns
Mexico
- MEXICO: Gov’t rejects OAS concerns over judicial elections
- In brief: Teachers prepare new stage of protests in Mexico
Southern Cone
- ARGENTINA: Ruling party gains ground in Misiones elections
- In brief: Annual inflation ticks down in Chile
Washington Watch
- Mexico rejects US supreme court ruling on arms lawsuit
On 7 June a Colombian senator and presidential pre-candidate, Miguel Uribe Turbay, was left in a critical condition after being shot in the head.
LatinNews Daily - 6 June 2025
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- HAITI/REGION: Haiti responds to US travel ban
Andean
- COLOMBIA: Petro accused of breaching constitutional order
- In brief: Bolivia counts the costs of roadblocks
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Lula repeats calls for EU-Mercosur deal in Paris
- In brief: Brazil’s trade surplus down in May
Central America & Caribbean
- In brief: Guatemala boosts ties with Taiwan
Mexico
- MEXICO: US strikes blow to arms trafficking lawsuit
- In brief: Mexico reports more job losses in May
Southern Cone
- ARGENTINA: Fernández and Kicillof discuss electoral unity
- In brief: Argentina introduces ‘fiscal innocence’ bill
On 5 June Haiti’s foreign ministry issued a statement saying it was “working to find a rapid solution” to the day-earlier decision by the US administration led by President Donald Trump to impose a complete travel ban on nationals from Haiti, along with Afghanistan, Myanmar (Burma), Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen.
LatinNews Daily - 5 June 2025
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- MEXICO: Morena looks set to dominate key courts
Andean
- BOLIVIA: Gov’t announces legal action against Morales
- In brief: President of Colombia’s state oil company investigated
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Top court resumes online regulation case
- In brief: Brazil’s Petrobras applies for Ivory Coast oil exploration
Central America & Caribbean
- EL SALVADOR: Prominent rights activist formally charged
- In brief: Panama teachers’ pay suspended over strikes
Mexico
- In brief: Mexico threatens countermeasures over US metal tariffs
Southern Cone
- ARGENTINA: Protesters unite against austerity measures
- In brief: Chile signs deal with Google for trans-Pacific cable
On 4 June Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum called on the newly elected supreme court (SCJN) justices to be an example of “a profound transformation of the judicial power”, as the composition of the top court looks to heavily favour the ruling Movimiento Regeneración Nacional (Morena).
LatinNews Daily - 4 June 2025
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- COLOMBIA: Petro to convene referendum by decree
Andean
- In brief: Ecuador’s gov’t mulls tax reform as it looks to cut costs
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Convicted far-right lawmaker suspected of fleeing justice
- In brief: IMF raises growth forecast for Brazil
Central America & Caribbean
- EL SALVADOR: ‘Historic’ civil war convictions handed down
- In brief: Remittances to Nicaragua slow
Mexico
- MEXICO: Gov’t to seek exemption from new US steel tariffs
- In brief: Private sector cuts Mexico’s 2025 growth forecast
Southern Cone
- CHILE: Boric under pressure over medical leave scandal
- In brief: Paraguay’s inflation slows in May
On 3 June Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro confirmed that he will issue a decree convening a referendum on his labour and health reform proposals, sidelining the senate which has rejected the referendum.
LatinNews Daily - 3 June 2025
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- GUATEMALA: Arrest orders for top Colombian officials draw outrage
Andean
- ECUADOR: Relatives of major drug trafficker Fito arrested
- In brief: Morales’ followers block roads in Bolivia
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Lower house makes progress on environmental legislation
- In brief: Brazil’s Petrobras lowers gasoline prices
Central America & Caribbean
- In brief: IMF approves new loan for Costa Rica
Mexico
- MEXICO: Police killed in Chiapas
- In brief: Remittances to Mexico down in April
Southern Cone
- ARGENTINA: Fernández throws her hat into different ring
- In brief: Chile’s economic growth up again
On 2 June Guatemala’s attorney general’s office announced arrest warrants for Colombia’s Attorney General (AG) Luz Adriana Camargo, a former prosecutor with the now-defunct United Nations (UN)-backed anti-corruption commission in Guatemala (Cicig), and Colombia’s ambassador to the Vatican, Ivan Velásquez, a former defence minister (2022-2025), who served as Cicig’s commissioner (2013-2019).
LatinNews Daily - 2 June 2025
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- MEXICO: Judicial elections hailed as success despite low turnout
Andean
- VENEZUELA: Opposition concern as US revokes humanitarian parole
- In brief: IMF calls for urgent measures in Bolivia
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Bolsonaro political heirs jockey for position
- In brief: Brazil’s GDP growth accelerates in Q1
Central America & Caribbean
- HONDURAS: Journalists’ murders spark concern
- In brief: Panama gov’t greenlights Cobre Panamá mine maintenance plan
Mexico
- In brief: Mexico’s unemployment rate up in monthly terms
Southern Cone
- CHILE: Boric hails achievements in congress address
- In brief: Argentina’s Milei claims reserves target ‘not a problem’
Washington Watch
- Rubio meets with Venezuelan opposition figures
On 1 June voters across Mexico went to the polls to elect thousands of members of the federal and local judiciary, in the country’s first-ever judicial elections.