LATAM POLITICS TODAY-Colombia risks losing US support in fight against drugs

Lopez Obrador told a news conference they spoke about a possible $5 billion investment during Kerry's last visit to Mexico, without giving details on the scheme. Mexican president says will not prohibit China's TikTok MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday his administration will not ban Chinese-owned social media app TikTok. Lopez Obrador vowed "complete freedom," when asked about the platform during a news conference, after the app's CEO faced a grilling by U.S. lawmakers last week.

LATAM POLITICS TODAY-Colombia risks losing US support in fight against drugs

* Cuba says all 470 candidates elected to National Assembly

* Honduras gives Taiwan 30 days to vacate embassy

* Mexico president to meet with US climate envoy in two months

* Mexico president says will not prohibit China's TikTok

* No date yet for Brazil's new fiscal framework

* March 27 (Reuters) -

The latest in Latin American politics today: Colombia risks losing U.S. support in fight against drugs-attorney general

BOGOTA - Colombia risks losing U.S. support in its fight against drug trafficking because of rising coca output and a bill that could allow criminal gangs to surrender and possibly be pardoned, the attorney general told Reuters. The bill, backed by leftist President Gustavo Petro, is part of the government's efforts to end the role of criminal groups in Colombia's internal conflict, which has run for almost six decades and has killed than more than 450,000 people.

Cuba says all 470 candidates on Sunday´s ballot elected to National Assembly HAVANA - Cuba said on Monday that voters over the weekend had elected all 470 candidates for the National Assembly, in elections in which there were no opposition candidates.

Election officials said the initial turnout was 75.92%, topping participation in municipal elections in November and a referendum on the Cuban family code, which legalized gay marriage, in September. Honduras gives Taiwan 30 days to vacate embassy - official

TEGUCIGALPA - Honduras has given Taiwan 30 days to vacate its embassy in the capital Tegucigalpa after severing relations with Taiwan in favor of China, deputy foreign minister Antonio Garcia told a local TV station on Monday. Mexican president to meet with U.S. climate envoy Kerry in two months

MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday he will meet with U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry in two months to discuss plans to install more solar plants in the state of Sonora. Lopez Obrador told a news conference they spoke about a possible $5 billion investment during Kerry's last visit to Mexico, without giving details on the scheme.

Mexican president says will not prohibit China's TikTok MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday his administration will not ban Chinese-owned social media app TikTok.

Lopez Obrador vowed "complete freedom," when asked about the platform during a news conference, after the app's CEO faced a grilling by U.S. lawmakers last week. No date yet for Brazil's new fiscal framework - minister

BRASILIA - Brazilian Institutional Relations Minister Alexandre Padilha said on Monday no date had yet been set for the presentation of the proposed new fiscal framework. Padilha told journalists in Brasilia that President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will discuss the new fiscal rules in meetings this week with the Finance Minister, Fernando Haddad, and Chief of Staff, Rui Costa.

(Compiled by Steven Grattan; Editing by Angus MacSwan)

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