LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 5 September 2018

Development: On 4 September, the lawyers of Brazil’s former president Lula da Silva (2003-2011) presented an appeal before the supreme court (STF) to void a recent ruling by the country’s supreme electoral court (TSE) that bars Lula from running as a presidential candidate in the 7 October general election.... Read More

* Márcio Portocarrero, the executive director of Brazil’s national association of cotton producers (Abrapa), has said that the country could become the world’s second exporter of cotton lint in the 2018-2019 harvest.... Read More

Development: On 4 September Uruguay’s industry, energy & mining minister, Carolina Cosse, said that Uruguay is “shielded” against the current economic instability in the region and that its economy will not suffer any “severe fluctuations” as a result.... Read More

Argentina: Credit Suisse, the international investment bank, has released a new report in which it says that the economic measures recently announced by the government led by President Mauricio Macri to deal with Argentina’s currency crisis are “generally positive”.... Read More