LATAM POLITICS TODAY-Pacific Alliance meeting suspended after Peru's Castillo barred from travel

Mexico detains more than 16,000 foreign migrants in four days MEXICO CITY - Mexico detained more than 16,000 migrants in a four-day span, including nearly 5,000 Venezuelans, the country's National Institute of Migration (INM) said Monday.

The latest in Latin American politics today:

Pacific Alliance meeting suspended after Peru's Castillo barred from travel MEXICO CITY - A meeting of Latin American nations, known as the Pacific Alliance, scheduled for this week in Mexico has been postponed after the Peruvian president was unable to travel to Mexico, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Tuesday.

Castillo was blocked by his country's congress, controlled by the opposition, from traveling for the meeting and other international events as he undergoes a corruption investigation into his government. "We're exploring the possibility of having a meeting in Peru or taking a decision after consulting members," Lopez Obrador said in a regular news conference.

Lopez Obrador said Colombian President Gustavo Petro and Chile's Gabriel Boric would still travel to Mexico and discuss arrangements for a new date, proposing to hold the Alliance's meeting in Peru in the first week of December. Brazil's incoming government to revoke Bolsonaro's biodiesel mandate decision

BRASILIA - Brazil's incoming government will look to revoke a decision to keep the mandatory blend of biodiesel in diesel at 10% until March 31, 2023, a member of the transition team for President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Tuesday. Senator Carlos Favaro said the Lula administration would "reaffirm" its commitment with the biodiesel industry by keeping the blending mandate at a higher level than the current one, known as B10.

On Monday, President Jair Bolsonaro's government decided to keep the biodiesel mandate at 10% for the first three months of 2023 before increasing it to 15% from April 1. Mexico detains more than 16,000 foreign migrants in four days

MEXICO CITY - Mexico detained more than 16,000 migrants in a four-day span, including nearly 5,000 Venezuelans, the country's National Institute of Migration (INM) said Monday. The INM said 16,096 migrants from 46 countries were detained in 22 Mexican states between Nov. 17 and 20.

The majority of the migrants were from Central and South American countries, including 4,968 Venezuelans, 2,987 Guatemalans, 1,385 Nicaraguans, 1,311 Hondurans and 1,285 Ecuadorians. (Compiled by Steven Grattan Editing by Matthew Lewis)

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