LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 23 February 2018

Development: During an event in São Paulo to commemorate 38 years of the Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), leaders discussed the future of the Left ahead of this year’s general election.... Read More

* Banco do Brasil (BB) will become the first global bank to allow electronic bank transfers through Facebook, according the bank’s vice-president Gustavo do Vale.... Read More

Development: On 22 February, Argentina’s security minister Patricia Bullrich announced six arrests in relation to the discovery of 389 kg of cocaine at the Russian embassy in Buenos Aires.... Read More

Uruguay: Uruguay has become the only Latin American country to be admitted to the Digital 7 (D7), an inter-governmental organisation which recognises digital advancement and aims to use technology in a socially responsible way.... Read More

The 21 February march against President Mauricio Macri’s government, called by the veteran trade union leader Hugo Moyano, demonstrated two things.... Read More

As in many Latin American countries, in Argentina much of the political debate is about comparative corruption: crudely, the question asked by voters is whether the current people in power are more or less likely to misbehave than their predecessors.... Read More

Brazil’s congress has approved a decree by President Michel Temer authorising the military to take full control of security operations in the state of Rio de Janeiro.... Read More

ARGENTINA & BRAZIL | Soybeans.... Read More

Luislinda Valois stepped down as head of Brazil’s recently reinstated human rights ministry this week, one year after she assumed the post.... Read More