LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 17 July 2018

Development: On 16 July Brazil’s President Michel Temer signed a decree authorising the early payment of 50% of Brazilian pensioners’ ‘13th salary’.... Read More

*Brazil’s foreign ministry (Itamaraty) has announced that the government will seek to sign new cooperation agreements in the areas of commercial aviation and technology in the upcoming heads of state meeting of the Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (Brics) bloc of leading emerging economies.... Read More

Development: On 16 July leaders from Argentine civil-society organisations and trade unions, and national opposition deputies, signed an open letter to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in which they repudiate the recent Stand-By Agreement (SBA) that it has reached with the Argentine government.... Read More

Region: The European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Phil Hogan has said that the European Union (EU) is “not satisfied” with the progress that has been made in the latest round of negotiations for a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) between the EU and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) regional trade bloc; and noted that no agreement will be reached in the near future.... Read More