LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 26 April 2018

Development: On 25 April, Brazil’s federal public ministry (MPF) filed a lawsuit against US technology firm, Microsoft, to stop its 'Windows 10' operating system from automatically collecting users’ data.... Read More

* The public ministry of Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state has freed 137 of the 159 suspects detained during a police operation to crack down on militias earlier this month.... Read More

Development: On 25 April, the second day of top-level meetings took place for the framework of Chile’s President Sebastián Piñera’s ‘national agreement for development and peace in the Araucanía’, where the indigenous Mapuche lay claim to ancestral land.... Read More

Argentina: The finance ministry has reported that it has successfully placed US$2.49bn in treasury bonds in the local market.... Read More

Our April edition of The Latin America Regional Report: Brazil and Southern Cone kicks off with the 22 April general election in Paraguay.... Read More

Paraguay’s ruling Asociación Nacional Republicana-Partido Colorado party (ANR-PC) has held onto the presidency for another five years after its candidate, Mario Abdo Benítez, won the 22 April presidential election.... Read More

President Sebastián Piñera from the right-wing Chile Vamos coalition has hit the ground running.... Read More

Brazil’s political system does not just allow for party disloyalty.... Read More

Mention Argentina, and two things come to mind: potential and volatility.... Read More