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

Development: On 16 August, one day after the deadline to register candidacies with the electoral court (TSE), campaigning in the streets and online began for Brazil’s 7 October general election, described as the country’s most uncertain in recent history.... Read More

* A regional court in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro state has suspended the sell-off of four distribution units of the state-owned electricity company Eletrobras.... Read More

Development: On 16 August Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri said that his government will not protect anyone who acts outside of the law, and he urged business leaders to denounce any public official that solicits a bribe.... Read More

Argentina: An Argentine federal court has upheld a lower court ruling that suspends compensation payments demanded by Odebrecht, the Brazilian engineering firm, from the Argentine government over breach of contract.... Read More

Brazil’s left-wing opposition Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) registered its imprisoned leader, former president Lula da Silva (2003-2011), as the party’s presidential candidate just before the deadline closed on 15 August.... Read More

The bribes-for-public works contracts corruption case that hit the news headlines in Argentina at the beginning of August has continued to grow and is now the dominant political story in the country.... Read More

Five months since taking office for a second term in March, Chile’s President Sebastián Piñera has carried out his first cabinet reshuffle, which saw changes in the education, environment, and culture portfolios.... Read More