LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 13 July 2018

Development: Brazil’s government looks set to miss its fiscal deficit target as proposals approved by federal senators and deputies over the last few months kick in.... Read More

*Brazil’s national industrial confederation (CNI), a private sector lobby, has released a new study that found that the country has paid over US$2.8bn for public works projects this year that are currently paralysed.... Read More

Development: On 12 July Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri announced that he has approved a 20% salary increase for members of Argentina’s armed forces.... Read More

Paraguay: Brazilian bank Itaú BBA has released its latest regional economic growth forecasts in which it highlights that it expects Paraguay to post 4% economic growth this year, the highest projected growth rate for the Southern Cone sub-region.... Read More

Sunday 9 July will be remembered as a day of exceptional tragi-comedy for the Brazilian judiciary.... Read More

On 10 July, Brazil’s federal senate approved a data protection bill that had already cleared the lower chamber of congress last May.... Read More

These are difficult times for Cambiemos, President Mauricio Macri’s ruling coalition.... Read More

With a little over a month before his investiture on 15 August, Paraguay’s President-elect Mario Abdo Benítez has made significant strides this week in forming his future government and setting out a political agenda.... Read More

CHILE | Growth projections increased.... Read More