LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 7 August 2018

Development: On 6 August the full list of 13 presidential candidates running in Brazil’s 7 October general election, and the electoral alliances that support them, were defined, allowing for projections to be made on how much daily free TV and radio electoral propaganda each of them will have ahead of the first-round vote.... Read More

* Brazil’s national association of automobile manufacturers (Anfavea) has reported that in the first seven months of the year national vehicle production stood at 1.68m units, a 13% increase compared to same period last year.... Read More

Development: On 6 August José María Ibáñez, a national deputy from Paraguay’s ruling Asociación Nacional Republicana-Partido Colorado (ANR-PC) party, announced that he was abandoning his congressional seat to which he was re-elected in the 22 April general election.... Read More

Chile: Australia-based mining company BHP Billiton, which majority owns ‘Escondida’, the world’s largest copper mine, has requested five days of government-mediated talks as part of efforts to end a pay dispute with Sindicato Escondida 1, the union representing Escondida miners.... Read More