LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 28 February 2018

Development: On 27 Feburary In his first move as head of Brazil's newly created public security ministry, Raul Jungmann, dismissed the head of the federal police, Fernando Segovia.... Read More

* North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his late Father Kim Jong Il used illegally obtained Brazilian passports to apply for visas for several Western countries in the 1990s according to documents seen by Reuters.... Read More

Development: On 27 February, Paraguay’s left-wing opposition Frente Guasú (FG) coalition presented an appeal before the supreme court against a ruling by the supreme electoral tribunal (TSJE) which allows President Horacio Cartes, Vice President Juan Afara, and former president Nicanor Duarte Frutos (2003-2008) to run as senators in the 22 April general election.... Read More

Paraguay: The Paraguayan government has announced some G$445bn (US$80m) in cuts to the national budget (equivalent to 0.6% of total budget).... Read More

People are leaving Venezuela in their tens and hundreds of thousands.... Read More

Perhaps showing his continuing mastery of the controversial sound bite, US President Donald Trump tweeted in early February that Mexico is “now rated the number one most dangerous country in the world”.... Read More

On 16 February President Michel Temer issued a decree ordering the Brazilian army to take control of law enforcement in Rio de Janeiro state, arguing that violent drug gangs had “virtually taken over the [eponymous] city”.... Read More

The Southern Hemisphere summer season sees thousands for visitors from around the region visit Uruguay and its seaside resorts.... Read More