LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 19 July 2018

Development: On 18 July Judge Rosa Weber, the president of Brazil’s superior electoral tribunal (TSE), turned down a request to declare former president Lula da Silva (2003-2011) ineligible to run in October’s general election.... Read More

*Brazil’s health ministry has reported that it has detected 677 cases of measles in the country, all of which have been traced back to Venezuelan migrants that have been entering the country in droves in recent months, escaping the severe economic crisis in Venezuela, which has produced severe shortages in food, basic goods, and medicines.... Read More

Development: On 18 July Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri conducted a televised press conference in which he admitted that the country is facing an “economic storm” that will affect growth prospects this year but insisted that the measures adopted by his government will get the country through this difficult period and lead to economic stability and growth in the medium term.... Read More

Uruguay: Figures from Faxcarne, a private organisation that monitors beef production in the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) countries, showed that Uruguay has almost used up his high-quality beef export quota to the European Union (EU), with only 11% of it remaining for the rest of the July-September period.... Read More

The July edition of the Regional Report: Brazil and Southern Cone explores the more immediate political and economic challenges faced by some countries in the sub-region.... Read More

At Raid, a mountaineering shop in San Carlos de Bariloche, a town in Argentina’s Patagonia, Paula Navarro has seen too much volatility for her liking in her 15 years running the business, and this year is no different.... Read More

Brazil’s 7 October general election could become one of the most unpredictable since the late 1980s.... Read More

In the last four years Chile has seen the number of immigrants arriving double.... Read More

Paraguay’s newly elected national congress was formally sworn-in on 30 June.... Read More

Fiscal deficit target: On 6 June Chile’s Finance Minister Felipe Larraín announced that the right-of-centre Chile Vamos coalition government led by President Sebastián Piñera will commit to lowering the structural fiscal deficit by 0.2% of GDP per year which will reduce it from its current 2% of GDP to 1% of GDP by 2022.... Read More