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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 16 March 2018
From LatinNews Daily
Development: On 15 March, tens of thousands of Brazilians protested against the killing Rio de Janeiro city councillor and human rights activist, Marielle Franco, from the leftist Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL).... Read More
* Brazil and Panama have discussed the possibility of taking each other off their respective blacklists for tax avoidance.... Read More
Development: On 15 March, the new government led by Sebastián Piñera shelved an initiative inherited from the previous administration to rewrite the Chilean constitution.... Read More
Argentina: The managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, said she is “impressed” and “congratulated” the Argentine government led by President Mauricio Macri for its efforts to reduce the fiscal deficit.... Read More
From Latin American Weekly Report
Sebastián Piñera was sworn-in on 11 March for a second four-year term, the second time he has inherited the presidential sash from Michelle Bachelet (2006-2010; 2014-2018).... Read More
Far-left candidate Ciro Gomes from the Partido Democrático Trabalhista (PDT) thinks he has the winning ticket in Brazil’s electoral lottery.... Read More
“A tense week for relations with the government”.... Read More
BRAZIL | US tariffs.... Read More
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