LATAM POLITICS TODAY-Colombian candidate Hernandez says life in danger

The latest in Latin American politics today: Colombian presidential candidate Rodolfo Hernandez says his life is under threat BOGOTA - Rodolfo Hernandez, who is into the final round of Colombia's presidential election, said he was canceling any remaining in-person campaign events before June 19's vote because he is certain his life is in danger. The anti-establishment Hernandez, 77, is in a tight race with leftist Gustavo Petro, who also has previously reported suspected assassination plans.

The latest in Latin American politics today:

Colombian presidential candidate Rodolfo Hernandez says his life is under threat BOGOTA - Rodolfo Hernandez, who is into the final round of Colombia's presidential election, said he was canceling any remaining in-person campaign events before June 19's vote because he is certain his life is in danger.

The anti-establishment Hernandez, 77, is in a tight race with leftist Gustavo Petro, who also has previously reported suspected assassination plans. Hernandez has pledged to shrink government, provide drug addicts with free narcotics to destroy the drug trade and fully implement a 2016 peace deal with leftist rebels. Mexico president willing to let Argentina bid for presidential plane and pay in installments

MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said at a daily news conference he is willing to sell the country's presidential plane to Argentina for an initial $30 million and let the South American nation pay for the rest of its value later. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner was last valued at $110 million, said Lopez Obrador, who proposed in March renting it out privately for birthdays, weddings and other special occasions after his government failed to sell it the last three years.

Brazilian government working to reduce costs, inflation has decreased, minister says BRASILIA - Brazil's government is working to tackle the economic impact of the war in Ukraine by lowering taxes and reducing costs, Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said and stressed that inflation in the country has started to come down.

In an event promoted by the Brazilian Supermarket Association (ABRAS), Guedes mentioned cuts made by the government in import tariffs and the Tax on Industrialized Products (IPI). Biden lines up clean energy growth plan at troubled Americas summit

LOS ANGELES - U.S. President Joe Biden will seek support of leaders from the Americas for an environmentally friendly economic partnership as he prepares for a first formal encounter with his Brazilian counterpart, a noted climate change skeptic. Biden will meet Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro at the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, a gathering intended to underline renewed U.S. commitment to Latin America after years of comparative neglect under the previous administration of President Donald Trump.

Development banks eye $50 billion for climate spending, U.S. officials say LOS ANGELES - Four development banks will jointly facilitate up to $50 billion over the next five years to back climate goals in the Americas, U.S. officials said, ahead of Biden's clean-energy pitch at the Summit of the Americas.

The United States will also seek funding from the private sector and other sources to boost such projects, the officials said. Chilean voters divided on new constitution -poll

SANTIAGO - Most Chilean voters are still undecided on whether to support a new constitution in a September plebiscite, according to a new opinion poll. {nL6N2XW0BC} In October 2020, nearly 80% of the electorate voted to draft a replacement of the existing constitution, which dates back to the 1980s dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet. But support has fallen amid controversial proposals and political infighting.

The latest poll by the Center for Public Studies (CEP) shows that 25% would vote to approve the text, 27% would reject it, and 37% are still undecided, citing a lack of information. Meanwhile, 11% said they did not know or did not answer. (Compiled by Steven Grattan and Isabel Woodford; Editing by Howard Goller)