LATAM POLITICS TODAY-Brazil military say disputes must be resolved through democratic rule of law

Mexico president confirms nomination of cenbanker Esquivel for IDB chief MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador confirmed on Thursday the nomination of Bank of Mexico Deputy Governor Gerardo Esquivel for the presidency of the Inter-American Development Bank, Latin America's main lending arm.

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Brazil's armed forces say disputes must be resolved through democratic rule of law SAO PAULO - The commanders of Brazil's three branches of the military released a joint statement on Friday in which they said that the solutions to Brazil's disputes must come from the democratic rule of law, while also affirming the right to peaceful protest.

Their statement came amid concerns about the role of Brazil's armed forces, which ran a military dictatorship from 1964 to 1985, during this year's presidential election. Outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro, himself a former army captain, had sought to involve the military in questioning Brazil's electronic voting system. Bolsonaro narrowly lost the Oct. 30 vote to leftist rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, and although he did not concede, he did not block the handover of power. Some of his supporters, however, have refused to accept the result, and have camped outside military bases across Brazil, asking the military to intervene - a move they have so far not taken.

Argentina nominates economist Cecilia Todesca for IDB chief - source BUENOS AIRES - Argentina will nominate economist and public official Cecilia Todesca Bocco as its candidate for the presidency of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), a government source said on Friday, pitting her against others from Mexico and Brazil.

Todesca Bocco, 51, is currently Argentina's secretary for international economic relations, and is part of the delegation accompanying President Alberto Fernandez in France on a tour to seek investment and export deals. Mexico president confirms nomination of cenbanker Esquivel for IDB chief

MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador confirmed on Thursday the nomination of Bank of Mexico Deputy Governor Gerardo Esquivel for the presidency of the Inter-American Development Bank, Latin America's main lending arm. Lopez Obrador said Esquivel's candidacy had "the possibility to triumph," in comments made at a regular news conference.

Colombian president approaches 100 days in office with 49.7% approval rating BOGOTA - Colombian President Gustavo Petro has a 49.7% approval rating as he approaches the first 100 days of his administration, according to a survey conducted by Invamer on Friday.

In the most recent survey conducted by the same firm in mid-October, the president had an approval rating of 46%, up 3.7 percentage points, but 42.7% of those surveyed disapprove of his administration and the remaining 7.6% said they did not know or abstained from answering, according to the survey. Mexico must ramp up clean energy output faster than U.S., minister says

MEXICO CITY - Mexico must increase clean energy production faster than the United States to ensure it complies with demand for goods to be made with more environmentally friendly inputs, Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Thursday. Speaking in the central state of San Luis Potosi, Ebrard said President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador had asked him to attend the Nov. 6-18 COP27 climate summit in Egypt before going to the G20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia. (Compiled by Steven Grattan Editing by Alistair Bell)

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