LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 05 October 2018

Development: On 4 October, a final televised debate between presidential candidates marked the end of radio and TV campaigning for the first round of Brazil’s presidential election, to take place on 7 October.... Read More

* Brazil’s automobile manufacturers’ association (Anfavea) has revealed new projections for the automotive industry, forecasting a total of 2.54m newly licensed vehicles for 2018, a 13.7% increase on last year.... Read More

Development: On 4 October over 30,000 people marched in Chile’s capital, Santiago, on the second day of protests called by the teachers’ organisation, Colegio de Profesores.... Read More

* Argentina’s national statistics institute (Indec) has released the latest instalment of its monthly industrial activity estimator (EMI), which shows that domestic industrial activity fell by 5.6% year-on-year in August.... Read More

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague has issued a long-awaited ruling.... Read More

Brazilians will go to the polls on 7 October to elect a new president, the culmination of a tumultuous electoral campaign that has seen one candidate stabbed, another barred from running, a proliferation of ‘fake news’ on social media, and fears for the country’s democracy cause public figures at home and abroad, from pop stars to politicians, speak out against the risks of radicalisation and authoritarianism.... Read More

Argentina’s most high-profile moderates in the main opposition Partido Justicialista (PJ, Peronists) held a meeting last week to create an electoral alliance ahead of presidential elections in October next year.... Read More

Upon assuming office in August, President Mario Abdo Benítez said that his administration would follow the general policy of fiscal responsibility that has underpinned Paraguay’s macroeconomic stability in recent decades rather than continuing the more recent trend of growing government spending and indebtedness followed by his predecessor Horacio Cartes (2013-2018).... Read More

BRAZIL | Successful pre-salt sale.... Read More

Uruguay’s economy & finance minister, Danilo Astori, has confirmed that he will not seek the presidency for the ruling FA in 2019.... Read More