LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 25 May 2018

Development: On 24 May, the Brazilian government announced that it had reached an agreement with some unionised lorry drivers to call off the strike they have been holding for at least 15 days.... Read More

* Despite being affected by the recent lorry strikes, Brazil’s national supplies company (Conab), which is linked to the ministry of agriculture (Mapa), should reap a bountiful coffee crop this year.... Read More

Development: On 24 May, Argentina’s treasury minister, Nicolás Dujovne, announced that the government led by President Mauricio Macri is considering calling time on gradual cuts to soybean export taxes as part of wide-ranging efforts to reduce the fiscal deficit as it seeks a Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).... Read More

Paraguay: Taiwan has pledged to give US$71m to Paraguay to invest in social housing and build 4,500 new homes.... Read More

Jitters over October’s general election have left investors lukewarm on Brazil.... Read More

Sealing an accord with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) could prove to be much easier for the Argentine government led by President Mauricio Macri than securing a deal with provincial governors representing the main opposition Partido Justicialista (PJ, Peronists) to cut the fiscal deficit.... Read More

Paraguay’s President Horacio Cartes dismissed his agriculture and livestock minister, Marcos Medina, and customs director Nelson Valiente last week after a scandal over the entry of 180 tonnes (t) of beef into Paraguay from Brazil without appropriate sanitary certificates.... Read More

CHILE | GDP growth up.... Read More

The UK foreign secretary Boris Johnson concluded on 23 May a five-day three-nation tour of the region, beginning in Peru and ending in Chile.... Read More