LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 04 July 2018

Development: On 3 July Eike Batista, once the richest man in Brazil and one of the wealthiest in the world, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for corruption.... Read More

*Brazil registered an accumulated trade surplus of US$30.055bn in the first half of 2018, down 17% on the same period last year, but still the second-highest since records began in 1989.... Read More

Development: On 3 July Miguel Vásquez, a Santiago appeals court judge, sentenced nine retired military officials for the 1973 deaths and kidnappings of the singer-songwriter and political activist Víctor Jara and the then-national director of prisons Littré Abraham Quiroga Carvajal.... Read More

Argentina: According to local media, Argentina’s Finance Minister Nicolás Dujovne told a parliamentary commission that the country will need to borrow US$8bn in 2019, in addition to the US$50bn it has already agreed to borrow from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) over the next three years.... Read More