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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 02 November 2018
From LatinNews Daily
Development: On 1 November, federal judge Sérgio Moro announced that he had accepted Brazil’s President-elect Jair Bolsonaro’s invitation to be his justice minister.... Read More
* The São Paulo stock exchange (Bovespa) rose by 1.14% on 1 November, and its Ibovespa index closed the day at a historical high of 88.419 points.... Read More
Development: On 1 November Javier Miranda, the president of Uruguay’s leftist ruling Frente Amplio (FA) coalition, said that if Brazil’s President-elect Jair Bolsonaro seeks to establish an authoritarian government, Uruguay should break off all relations with Brazil.... Read More
* Argentina’s tax authority (Afip) has reported that the national tax-take reached Ar$312.5bn (US$8.53bn) in October, a 42.2% year-on-year increase.... Read More
From Latin American Weekly Report
Jair Bolsonaro has been elected the 38th president of Brazil, comfortably defeating the candidate of the left-wing Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), Fernando Haddad, with 55.13% of the valid vote in the run-off on 28 October.... Read More
Chile’s privatised pension system is widely admired.... Read More
It has taken five years, but on 29 October a massive money-laundering trial, known as ‘la ruta del dinero K’ finally had its first day in court.... Read More
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