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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 09 March 2018
From LatinNews Daily
Development: On 8 March, centre-right party Democratas (DEM) confirmed that the head of Brazil's chamber of deputies, Rodrigo Maia, would be its pre-presidential candidate.... Read More
* Brazil’s leading businessmen and politicians are discussing how to react after US President Donald Trump signed the decree to impose steep tariffs on aluminium and steel imports, which could damage Brazil’s economic recovery. Their first port of call is to appeal the measure before the World Trade Organisation (WTO), whose director-general, Roberto Azevêdo, is Brazilian.... Read More
Development: On 8 March, Chile’s foreign minister, Heraldo Muñoz, said that the signing of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) will help to combat poverty and inequality in Chile and around the world.... Read More
Paraguay: Paraguay’s finance ministry has announced that it has raised US$530m following the successful issue of sovereign bonds in US financial markets.... Read More
From Latin American Weekly Report
Last year, Brazil posted a record trade surplus of US$67bn.... Read More
The Confederación de Trabajadores de la Educación de la República Argentina (Ctera) federation of teachers’ unions staged a 48-hour national strike this week to pressure the government led by President Mauricio Macri to heed its salary demands.... Read More
BRAZIL | Economy registers growth again.... Read More
“Some are criticising us for going too slowly, others for going too fast,” Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri said during the opening of congress on 1 March.... Read More
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