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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 22 March 2018
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Development: On 21 March, a federal court in Brasília (MPDFT) announced it would investigate whether British firm Cambridge Analytica was using Facebook data to influence voter intentions ahead of Brazil's October general election.... Read More
*Brazil’s central bank (BCB) has lowered its benchmark interest rate from 6.75% to 6.50%, as part of a series of consecutive cuts.... Read More
Development: On 21 March Paraguay’s national congress failed to make quorum to approve the resignation of Vice President Juan Afara, of the ruling Asociación Nacional Republicana-Partido Colorado (ANR-PC) party, who is seeking to run to be elected as a senator in the 22 April presidential and congressional elections.... Read More
Argentina: Argentina’s GDP grew by 2.9% in 2017 after having contracted by 1.8% in 2016, the national statistics institute (Indec) has reported.... Read More
From Latin American Regional Report: Brazil & Southern Cone
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
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