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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 01 June 2018
From LatinNews Daily
Development: On 31 May, Brazil began to return to normal after oil workers cancelled their planned walkout and the lorry drivers’ strike also died down.... Read More
* Brazil’s chief-of-staff, Eliseu Padilha, has said that the ministers for consumer defence and justice should sign an agreement with the national fuels federation to make sure the R$0.46 (US$0.12) reduction in diesel prices is passed onto consumers at the pumps.... Read More
Development: On 31 May, Argentina's President Mauricio Macri defended his decision to veto a bill tabled by the main opposition Partido Justicialista (PJ, Peronist) and approved by the federal congres, which seeks to cap electricity, gas, and water tariffs.... Read More
Uruguay: Uruguay’s fiscal deficit reached 3.7% of GDP in the 12 months to April 2018 according to official figures.... Read More
From Latin American Weekly Report
Being a lorry driver is a thankless job.... Read More
As this issue went to press, the Argentine senate voted by 37-30, with no abstentions, in favour of an opposition-backed bill which would roll back electricity, gas, and water utility rates to November 2017 levels.... Read More
ARGENTINA | Agricultural groups object.... Read More
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