LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 06 July 2018

Development: On 5 July, Boeing announced a deal to form a US$4.65bn joint venture with the Brazilian company Embraer. Significance: For Boeing, the joint venture will allow the company to compete with Airbus in the market for smaller, 100-seat planes.... Read More

* Brazil’s labour minister, Helton Yomura, resigned on 5 July after the supreme court (STF) suspended him in relation to an investigation into alleged fraud in the registration of trade unions.... Read More

Development: On 5 July, Paraguay’s President-elect Mario Abdo Benítez announced that Denis Lichi will serve as agriculture & livestock minister in his cabinet when he takes office on 15 August.... Read More

Chile: Chile’s Central Bank (BCCh) has revealed that its monthly economic activity index (Imacec) registered growth of 4.9% in May 2018 compared to the same month in 2017.... Read More

The latest opinion poll published on 28 June by Ibope puts the far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro ahead in the running for October’s presidential elections, with 17% support, followed by environmentalist Marina Silva with 13%.... Read More

Brazilian analysts are debating the potential electoral appeal of Marina Silva.... Read More

President Sebastián Piñera reacted angrily on 1 July to accusations that his government has been slow to pass new laws.... Read More

ARGENTINA | Drought causes economic losses in agriculture.... Read More

Paraguay’s President Horacio Cartes presented his final state-of-the-nation address to the national congress on 1 July.... Read More