LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 29 October 2018

Development: On 28 October, Jair Bolsonaro of the Partido Social Liberal (PSL) won Brazil’s presidential election with 55.13% of the valid vote, in the conclusion of a divisive and sometimes vicious campaign.... Read More

* Paulo Guedes, a University of Chicago-trained economist, has already been confirmed as Brazil’s future economy minister by President-elect Jair Bolsonaro.... Read More

Development: On 26 October the executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced that it has approved the proposed changes to the original Stand-By Agreement (SBA) that it had reached with the Argentine government back in June.... Read More

* Chile's President Sebastián Piñera has presented a plan to reform the country’s pension system with the aim of incentivising later retirement and more competition in the management of pension funds.... Read More