Brazil & Southern Cone - September 2018 (ISSN 1741-4431)

The September edition of the Regional Report: Brazil and Southern Cone contains articles on diverse issues, ranging from economic to negative public security and political trends.... Read More

According to a 2013 US Department of Energy report, Argentina has the second-largest estimated recoverable reserves of unconventional, or shale, gas in the world, surpassed only by China.... Read More

Each day in 2017, 175 people were murdered in Brazil, which means that 63,880 people died violently last year.... Read More

Paraguay’s new Asociación Nacional Republicana-Partido Colorado (ANR-PC) government led by President Mario Abdo Benítez was installed on 15 August.... Read More

Eight months after its creation [RBS-18-03], the ‘Un Solo Uruguay’ movement is far from being a political group, although its strong economic influence has turned it into a pressure group that is making the government uncomfortable.... Read More

Uruguay-Chile FTA: On 31 July Uruguay’s chamber of deputies voted 85-1 in favour of ratifying a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Chile.... Read More