LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 12 January 2018

Development: On 11 January, international credit ratings agency Standard and Poor’s (S&P) downgraded Brazil’s credit rating as President Michel Temer’s fiscal reforms begin to lose momentum.... Read More

* Shares in Eletrobras, Brazil’s state-owned electricity firm, fell after a local federal judge suspended an emergency decree to privatise the company.... Read More

Development: On 11 January, a group of agricultural producers announced a 'tractorazo' (tractorcade) in three of Uruguay’s departments on 14 and 15 January.... Read More

Argentina: Argentina’s national statistics agency (Indec) has reported that consumer prices rose to an annualised rate of 24.8% in 2017, overshooting the central bank (BCRA)’s inflation target of 17%.... Read More

Cabinet ministers just keep leaving the government led by President Michel Temer.... Read More

In Brazil, last year’s tragedy has rolled over to the next.... Read More

The government led by President Mauricio Macri is under mounting public pressure to deliver solid economic growth and rein in inflation, which remained stubbornly high in 2017.... Read More

The government led by President Tabaré Vázquez faces a challenging start to 2018.... Read More

ARGENTINA | Budget.... Read More

Paraguay’s President Horacio Cartes promulgated into law on 8 January a bill that legalises the use and controlled production of marijuana and its derivatives for medicinal purposes in the country.... Read More