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

The key to effective governance is compromise.... Read More

Michelle Bachelet’s government has now left office, but not before greenlighting a slew of new projects to safeguard Chile’s natural environment.... Read More

Argentina’s president, Mauricio Macri, is seeking to increase tourism on a domestic and international scale.... Read More

Brazilians are not optimistic about October's elections.... Read More

With nine months left to run on the government of President Michel Temer, the administration appears to have little gas left in the tank.... Read More

Over in Uruguay, rural workers are up in arms.... Read More

GDP growth (%)   End 2016 (from CEPAL August 2017) 2017 (from CEPAL October 2017) Q4 2016 Q1 2017 Q2 2017 Q3 2017 Q4 2017 Argentina -2.20% 2.40% -1.90% 0.40% 2.90% 4.20% - Brazil -3.60% 0.70% -2.50% -0.40% 0.30% 0.10% 2.1% Chile 1.60% 1.50% 0.50% 0.10% 0.90% 1.50% - Paraguay 4.10% 4.00% -0.30% 3.40% -2.40% 3.00% - Uruguay 1.50% 3.00% - 4.40% 2.80% 2.20% - Annualised quarterly growth based on figures from local central banks. Inflation rate (%) (Monthly annualised rate)... Read More