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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 14 September 2018
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Development: On 13 September, Brazil’s left-wing presidential candidates, Ciro Gomes and Fernando Haddad, both spoke of Brazil as playing a mediator role in the regional crisis produced by the large-scale Venezuelan migration.... Read More
* Brazil’s mines & energy ministry has authorised the installation of 25 ‘clean energy’ electricity generation plants in the states of Ceará, Bahia, Minas Gerais, and Mato Grosso.... Read More
Development: On 13 September it was reported that Argentina’s main opposition Partido Justicialista (PJ, Peronists) has sent a letter to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) asking it not to agree to give the Argentine government additional funds to finance its 2019 budget, as requested.... Read More
Uruguay: Uruguay’s central bank (BCU) has released economic growth figures for the second quarter of the year, which show that GDP grew by 2.5% in April-June compared to the same period last year, and by 0.2% in seasonally adjusted terms compared to the first quarter.... Read More
From Latin American Weekly Report
It has been a tumultuous week for Brazilian politics, even by the country’s current standards.... Read More
‘Santa Rosa storm’ is the name given to a climatic phenomenon that regularly produces violent storms in the Southern Hemisphere either a few days before or a few days after the feast of Santa Rosa de Lima, celebrated on 30 August.... Read More
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