Brazil & Southern Cone - January 2018 (ISSN 1741-4431)

The new year provides an opportunity for reflection which can act as a catalyst for change.... Read More

On 11 March, former president Sebastián Piñera (2010-2014) from the right-of-centre Chile Vamos coalition will take over power from Michelle Bachelet.... Read More

Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri has moved at lightning speed to fast-track a package of business-friendly structural reforms through congress following an important victory for his centre-right ruling coalition, Cambiemos, in last year’s October mid-term legislative elections.... Read More

2018 looks uncertain for Brazil.... Read More

Following the legalisation of marijuana in 2013, Uruguay’s government has faced and continues to face a series of challenges before the policy’s main aim of combatting narcotrafficking can be fully achieved.... Read More

Paraguay: President Horacio Cartes received a major blow after Paraguay’s bicameral national congress overturned the veto he issued on the approved 2018 national budget.... Read More