Brazil & Southern Cone - April 2026

When Fernando Haddad took on the job of Brazil’s finance minister in January 2023, the former university professor and leftist intellectual was greeted with widespread scepticism.... Read More

When Fernando Haddad took on the job of Brazil’s finance minister in January 2023, he was greeted with widespread scepticism.... Read More

The supreme court (STF) has convicted the masterminds behind the high-profile assassination in 2018 of Rio de Janeiro councillor Marielle Franco (2017-2018) and her driver Anderson Gomes.... Read More

Chile’s President José Antonio Kast is seeking to navigate geopolitical tensions between the US and China, highlighted by a controversy over a proposed project to install an undersea fibre-optic cable linking Chile to Hong Kong.... Read More

President Santiago Peña has accelerated his push to put Paraguay’s public finances on a solid footing with a pension reform that aims to stave off ever larger deficits.... Read More

President Santiago Peña has expanded military deployment for internal security across the entire eastern region of the country.... Read More

Many of Argentina’s industry leaders were initially enthusiastic supporters of President Javier Milei’s proposals to downsize the state, fix public finances, and deregulate business activity.... Read More

Uruguay’s government led by President Yamandú Orsi is seeking to boost public support through new security initiatives.... Read More

ARGENTINA | Poverty rate improves but outlook remains murky.... Read More