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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 15 June 2018
From LatinNews Daily
Development: On 14 June Brazil’s supreme court (STF) voted to ban a procedure that allows investigators to take a criminal suspect into a police station for questioning.... Read More
*Brazil’s central bank (BCB) has announced that starting from 18 June it will auction an additional US$10bn in the local currency markets as part of its efforts to contain the recent sharp devaluation of the real.... Read More
Development: On 14 June the president of Argentina’s central bank (BCRA), Federico Sturzenegger, tendered his resignation.... Read More
Uruguay: Uruguay’s central bank (BCU) has released figures which show that the country’s GDP grew 2.2% in the first quarter of 2018, year-on-year.... Read More
From Latin American Weekly Report
Brazil’s presidential elections are only four months away, and they remain as unpredictable as ever.... Read More
On 7 June, the Argentine government announced a preliminary US$50bn Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) with the International Monetary Fund (much larger than the US$30bn that had been widely expected).... Read More
President Sebastián Piñera has unveiled the gender policy of his right-of-centre Chile Vamos coalition government which includes a dozen measures aimed at promoting gender equity.... Read More
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