LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 06 April 2018

Development: On 5 April, federal judge Sérgio Moro wasted no time in ratifying former president Lula da Silva’s 12-year jail sentence.... Read More

* A court in the northern state of Amazonas has levied a R$11.7m (US$3.5m) fine on Facebook for failing to cooperate with ‘Operation Misguided Paths’, which investigates irregularities in health spending.... Read More

Development: On 5 April, Paraguayan national daily ABC Color published a new pre-electoral poll that gives Mario Abdo Benítez, the presidential candidate of the ruling Asociación Nacional Republicana-Partido Colorado (ANR-PC) party, a decisive lead over his rivals ahead of the 22 April general election. ... Read More

Argentina: Daniel González has been approved as the new CEO of Argentina’s state-run oil company, Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales (YPF).... Read More

The political career of former president Lula da Silva (2003-2011) appears to be over, although his political legacy as a pioneer for social welfare will endure.... Read More

President Michel Temer has accused his adversaries of trying to “destabilise” the country through their “irresponsibility”.... Read More

Some of Argentina’s most famous football clubs have been implicated in allegations concerning the sexual abuse of minors.... Read More

With President Sebastián Piñera yet to complete a month in office, a ruling by Chile’s constitutional court (TC) last week, striking down part of the higher education reform passed by his predecessor Michelle Bachelet (2006-2010; 2014-2018), is threatening fresh unrest from students.... Read More

BRAZIL | Trade and diplomacy.... Read More