Brazil & Southern Cone - October 2025

This October edition of the Latin American Regional Report: Brazil & Southern Cone begins by looking at the landmark trial in September in which Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2023) was convicted of participating in a coup plot to help him stay in power after losing the 2022 election.... Read More

With over a dozen coup d’états or attempted coups in Brazil’s history, only one has been punished in the country’s courts.... Read More

Federal and state authorities carried out major money laundering busts in late August which are believed to have exposed the possible infiltration of organised crime in companies across a variety of sectors, including gas stations and fintech firms.... Read More

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has attended the inauguration event of a new police base in the city of Manaus, the Centro de Cooperação Policial Internacional da Amazônia (CCPI Amazônia).... Read More

The idea of building a structure across the estuary that separates the coastal cities of Guarujá and Santos in the state of São Paulo has been around for nearly a century but never came off the drawing board because of a host of technical, political, and financial problems.... Read More

With the approval of Marfrig’s merger with fellow meatpacker BRF, Brazil now has two players among the world’s top five meat processing giants.... Read More

It was a moment of weakness or despair when Argentina’s President Javier Milei on 15 September promised to boost government spending and increase cooperation with legislators and governors after pushing draconian austerity measures for nearly half of his mandate.... Read More

With opinion surveys frequently showing violence and crime as among the top public concerns in Chile, it was unsurprising that discussion about security proposals dominated the first televised presidential debate on 10 September.... Read More

It was no more than one sentence in a central bank report on monetary policy, which normally would have found little interest outside of the investment community, that provoked a public debate over President Gabriel Boric’s legacy.... Read More

PARAGUAY | Fitch revises up Paraguay’s outlook.... Read More