Back

LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 25 September 2018

From LatinNews Daily

Unions mobilise in Argentina as Macri heads to US

Development: On 24 September the Central de Trabajadores de la Argentina (CTA) umbrella worker’s union launched a 36-hour strike in Argentina in repudiation of the government’s economic policies.... Read More

Concerns over retaliation for Bolsonaro attack in Brazil

Development: On 24 September, Manuela d’Ávila of the Partido Comunista do Brasil (PCdoB), the vice-presidential runing mate of the Partido dos Trabalhadores’ (PT) presidential candidate Fernando Haddad in Brazil’s 7 October presidential elections, requested federal protection in the run-up to the election after receiving threats online.... Read More

In brief: Brazil

* Brazilian federal judge Rolando Valcir Spanholo has released the patent for sofosbuvir, a drug that effectively cures hepatitis C.... Read More

In brief: Chile

* President Sebastián Piñera has announced a new US$8bn public investment plan for Chile’s southern impoverished La Araucanía Region with a further US$16bn to come from the private sector.... Read More

End of preview

Subscribers: Log in now to read the full article

Not a Subscriber?

Choose from one of the following options

Back

Articles in this issue