LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 12 April 2018

Development: On 11 April Paraguay’s supreme court (CSJ) dismissed a constitutional complaint filed by the political opposition that sought to stop President Horacio Cartes from being allowed to run for a senate seat in the 22 April general election.... Read More

Development: On 11 April, the federal police syndicate in Brazil's Paraná state (SinDPF/PR) asked if they could transfer jailed former president Lula da Silva (2003-2011), of the leftist Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), to another enclosure.... Read More

* Brazil’s national statistics institute (Ibge) has announced that monthly inflation in March was close to zero at 0.09%, bringing the annualised rate to 2.68%.... Read More

Argentina: Argentina’s finance minister, Luis Caputo, has announced that the country has successfully issued US$2.3bn in short-term treasury bonds (maturing in six and 12 months) in the domestic financial market; and that the treasury also raised an additional US$1bn via the repurchase agreements (Repos) reached with international banks.... Read More