LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 30 May 2018

Development: On 30 May, Brazil's superior labour court (TST) declared the strike called by workers at state-owned oil company Petrobras illegal.... Read More

* Brazil's President Michel Temer’s new minister, Ronaldo Fonseca, resigned less than 24h after being sworn in as the secretary-general to the president.... Read More

Development: On 29 May, national legislators from the centre-left opposition Nueva Mayoría (NM) coalition complained about the decision by the government led by Chile's President Sebastián Piñera to withdraw a pension reform proposal put forward by the previous administration led by former president Michelle Bachelet (2006-2010; 2014-2018).... Read More

* The Uruguayan government has received three bids from international companies for a tender to build a new railway line linking the capital Montevideo with the city of Paso de los Toros in the central department of Tacuarembó.... Read More

At the end of April Brazil-based Igarapé Institute, a think tank, published a report on citizen security, Citizen Security in Latin America: Facts and Figures.... Read More

On 25 April, federal police detained a 34-year old man armed with 144 cloned credit cards in Éden neighbourhood, São Paulo state.... Read More

Data security concerns and breaches have affected governments and multinationals around the world.... Read More

The Paraguayan authorities have claimed a significant blow against organised crime in the country following a major operation that led to the dismantling of a large international money laundering network operating in the border city of Ciudad del Este (CDE).... Read More