MONTERREY, MEXICO (By editors with Energy Analytics Institute, 10.Apr.2026, Words: 522) — The following briefs are compiled from varied media outlets across the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region and beyond and span political details related to Mexico with president Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, Venezuela’s interim president Delcy Rodríguez, and Grenada PM Dickon Mitchell as well as company details on Generación Mediterránea S.A. and Central Térmica Roca S.A., among others.
Energy Analytics Institute (EAI) has not verified all of these stories and therefore does not vouch for their accuracy.
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LATIN AMERICA
ARGENTINA
— Generación Mediterránea S.A. and Central Térmica Roca S.A. announced commencement of offer to exchange any and all of their 9.625% senior notes due 2027 for their newly issued fixed rate step-up senior notes due 2036 and related APE solicitation.
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GRENADA
— during her visit to Grenada, Venezuela’s interim president Delcy Rodríguez met w/ the PM of the Caribbean nation Dickon Mitchell to advance in areas of shared interest and strengthen bilateral ties, according to details revealed in a broadcast on Venezuelan state television (photos: courtesy of the Venezuelan gov’t:
- Rodríguez expressed gratitude for the diplomatic rapprochement w/ Grenada during her first int’l trip;
- the relationship w/ Grenada serves as a model of coexistence;
- Rodríguez shared the experience of communal economy w/ Grenada;
- Venezuela and Grenada agreed to strengthen cooperation in social, energy, and productive sectors;
- Rodríguez addressed the issue of pending maritime delimitation w/ Grenada.
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MEXICO
— Mexico’s president Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo said she will travel to Barcelona, Spain 18 Apr. 2026 to meet with her counterparts from Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Uruguay.
— Mexico’s president Claudia Sheinbaum said on 10 Apr. 2026 during her morning presser that Plan B was approved by 20 state legislatures, is now constitutional, and will be published in the Official Gazette of the Federation.
— Mexico’s president Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo led the delivery of 828 certificates of settlement of loans from the housing fund of the Institute of Security and Social Services of State Workers (Fovissste) and 250 deeds from the National Institute of Sustainable Land (Insus), as part of the restructuring, forgiveness and removal of the housing for well-being program to 5 million unpayable loans that were granted in the “neoliberal era,” Sheinbaum said during her morning presser w/ the media.
EUROPE
— Stora Enso successfully completed the issuance of 2 tranches of hybrid bonds w/ a total nominal amount of EUR1bn. Proceeds from the issuance will be used for general corporate purposes, including the refinancing of existing debt and upcoming maturities, Stora announced in an official stmt. The transaction includes 2 tranches: EUR500mn hybrid bond w/ a 3-yr first call period and EUR 500mn hybrid bond w/ a 5.5-yr first call period.
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