LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 27 March 2018

Development: On 26 March, the São Paulo stock exchange rose on increased odds that Finance Minister Henrique Meirelles could be running for the presidency in Brazil's October general election.... Read More

* In 2017, Brazil received 6.5m tourists, up 0.6% from 2016, when the country hosted the Summer Olympic Games.... Read More

Development: On 26 March, Paraguay’s chamber of deputies decided to postpone its discussion of the partial veto issued by President Horacio Cartes against a political reform bill recently approved by the legislature.... Read More

Argentina: The credit rating agency Standard and Poor’s (S&P) has released a report approving of the government's new strategies to reduce debt in Argentina, but the long-term credit rating remained at 'B+'.... Read More

The Mexican human rights lobby Consejo Ciudadano para la Seguridad Pública y Justicia Penal (CCSPJP) has launched another edition of what can be described as its dark best-seller – the annual ranking of the world’s 50 most murderous cities.... Read More

An optimist might conclude that food security must be a relatively low priority issue for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) right now, compared, for example, with other major problems such as crime and corruption.... Read More

On 13 March Rex Tillerson was unceremoniously dismissed as US secretary of state, with President Donald Trump appointing CIA director Mike Pompeo to replace him.... Read More

Millions of Latin Americans marched for International Women’s Day on 8 March.... Read More

The assassination of Marielle Franco, a left-wing councilwoman from the Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL) in Rio de Janeiro, has increased tension and highlighted security issues in Brazil ahead of this year’s presidential election campaign.... Read More

The Argentine government is preparing to table new anti-terrorism legislation, which it believes it is necessary to protect the country from international threats.... Read More