AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoMexico’s Economy: Annual inflation rose for a third straight month to 3.75% in October, above forecasts, complicating the outlook after the central bank’s recent rate cut to 6.25%. Argentina: Pope Leo XIV urged President Javier Milei to put people ahead of economic targets, criticizing austerity as he visited a home for people with disabilities hit by cuts to social services. Regional Agriculture: A shortage of sterile flies has weakened efforts to contain the flesh-eating screwworm, which spread from Panama through Mexico into the United States; current production falls well short of levels experts say are needed. Haiti: Security forces killed gang leader Mathias Saintil as Salvadoran troops joined the anti-gang effort, while Haiti’s prime minister put security and elections at the center of a recovery plan. Public Health: Mexico reported its first poultry outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in more than two years; all 225,860 hens at the affected Yucatán farm were culled.
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