Brazil & Southern Cone - September 2025

This September edition of the Latin American Regional Report: Brazil & Southern Cone begins with an analysis of environmental concerns in Brazil, where the area affected by deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon in the August 2024-July 2025 monitoring cycle increased in year-on-year terms.... Read More

Satellite monitoring data from Brazil’s national space research institute (Inpe) has shown that the area affected by deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in the August 2024-July 2025 monitoring cycle increased by 4% compared to the same period in 2023-2024.... Read More

When Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva returned to the presidency of Brazil in early 2023, he promised to end the predatory environmental practices promoted by his predecessor Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2023), particularly in the Amazon rainforest.... Read More

The annual crime report by Brazilian think tank Fórum Brasileiro de Segurança Pública (FBSP) published on 24 July showed that the downward trend in recent years in crime categories such as violent killings and robberies and thefts continued in 2024.... Read More

Chile’s already divisive political landscape has become even more polarised before the first round of presidential elections on 16 November, heightening the possibility of far-reaching changes to economic policy in one of South America’s most developed countries.... Read More

A deadly accident at the largest mine of Chilean copper giant Codelco has forced the state-owned company to cut production forecasts for this year and raised doubts about its long-term expansion plan.... Read More

Chile’s leftist government led by President Gabriel Boric has officially launched the process to expropriate land that was once a site used for detention and torture during the military dictatorship led by General Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990).... Read More

Argentina’s President Javier Milei made headlines during his 2023 election campaign by promising to shut down the central bank (BCRA) and eliminate the national currency in favour of the US dollar.... Read More

Authorities are investigating the cause of a contaminated batch of medical fentanyl, which as of late August, is estimated to have resulted in nearly a hundred deaths this year.... Read More

CHILE | Chile hails signing of first special lithium operation contract.... Read More