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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 19 October 2018
From LatinNews Daily
Development: On 18 October, Brazil’s Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) filed a request to the country’s electoral court (TSE) for presidential frontrunner Jair Bolsonaro, of the Partido Social Liberal (PSL), to be declared ineligible for a period of eight years.... Read More
* Brazilian pollster Datafolha has released its latest public opinion poll ahead of the second round of the presidential election scheduled for 28 October.... Read More
Development: On 18 October a Chilean martial court granted bail to General John Griffiths, the second-in-command in the Chilean army, who resigned on 16 October over fraud allegations.... Read More
* Chile’s central bank (BCCH) has increased its bench mark interest rate by 25 basis points to 2.75%.... Read More
From Latin American Weekly Report
Jair Bolsonaro, presidential candidate for the Partido Social Liberal (PSL), is the firm favourite to win the second-round run-off on 28 October.... Read More
After the deep 2015-2016 recession which saw Brazil’s economy contract by 7%, and nearly two years of sluggish growth since, things are finally beginning to look up for the country.... Read More
The government led by President Mauricio Macri came under heavy fire this week on two fronts.... Read More
There is mounting concern within the ruling Frente Amplio (FA) that the left-wing coalition’s grip on power in Uruguay, stretching back to 2005, might not last beyond presidential elections in October next year.... Read More
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