LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 09 July 2018

Development: On 8 July, a series of frantic legal battles over the release of Lula da Silva ended as it had begun, with Brazil’s former president (2003-2011) still in prison.... Read More

* Brazil's automobile manufacturers' association (Anfavea) has reported that 1.434m vehicles were produced in the first half of 2018, up 13.6% on the same period in 2017 and the best result for the period since 2014.... Read More

Development: On 6 July, Daniel Aravena, a Santiago guarantees judge, announced that Pablo Wagner, a former deputy mining minister (2010-2012), would be sentenced for tax offences and illicit enrichment for receiving money from Penta, a Chilean financial group, while in government.... Read More

Uruguay: Uruguay’s national meat institute (Inac) has released a new report which shows that the country’s meat exports totalled US$995m in the first half of 2018, up 9% compared with the same period the previous year.... Read More

A global trade war may, or may not, be around the corner.... Read More

When Latin American countries face economic crises, austerity is often proposed as the solution.... Read More

Despite the announcement of a US$50bn financial support package from the IMF, Argentina’s financial markets remain turbulent.... Read More

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The big boom in Latin American mobile telephony, which saw the emergence of one or two dominant players in the key markets, may be entering a different and more competitive stage.... Read More

Although by now considered something of a lame duck administration, the government of President Michel Temer, which has six months left in office, is still trying to press ahead with plans to privatise state companies.... Read More

Armoured cars – a Mexican growth sector.... Read More