LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 07 September 2018

Development: On 6 September, Brazil’s far-right presidential candidate, Jair Bolsonaro, was rushed to hospital after being stabbed in the abdomen during a campaign rally in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais state.... Read More

* Brazil’s national automobile producers association (Anfavea) has released new figures showing that the production of vehicles in the country has had its best August results in four years.... Read More

Development: On 6 September Chile’s environment minister, Carolina Schmidt, announced five concrete actions to address pollution in the Quintero and Puchuncaví communes, in Valparaíso Region.... Read More

Argentina: US-based investment bank Morgan Stanley has released a new report in which it projects that Argentina’s domestic economy will contract by 2.3% this year and that the year-end inflation rate will reach 41.4%.... Read More

Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri announced the implementation of a series of severe economic measures this week in a bid to restore market confidence in the ailing peso and credibility in his administration.... Read More

Brazil’s left-wing Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) is being obliged to rethink its strategy for the upcoming general election on 7 October after a court ruling barred former president Lula da Silva (2003-2011) from running.... Read More

Brazil is mourning the loss of its cultural heritage after a fire destroyed the Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro, one of the country’s oldest and most important museums.... Read More

BRAZIL | Growth sluggish.... Read More