Brazil & Southern Cone - November 2018

In this November edition of Latin American Regional Report: Brazil & Southern Cone Group we analyse the results of the general election in Brazil and its implications for the country; the potential implications a major corruption scandal in Argentina and Uruguay; the problems affecting Argentina’s pension system; and the discovery of an ongoing pollution situation in Chile.... Read More

From January 2019 to December 2022, Jair Bolsonaro of the Partido Social Liberal (PSL) will be the president of Brazil.... Read More

On 30 October the oral trial of various businessmen implicated in the so-called ‘Ruta del Dinero K’ money laundering and bribery scandal began in Argentina.... Read More

Argentina continues to have the most precarious state pension system among 34 countries around the world, according to the Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index 2018.... Read More

The seaside districts of Quintero and Puchuncaví in Chile’s Valparaíso Region, 90 miles northeast of the capital Santiago, rarely make the front pages of national newspapers – and even less frequently do they cause ripples in the international press.... Read More

Interest rate increase: On 18 October Chile’s central bank (BCCH) increased its bench mark interest rate by 25 basis points to 2.75%.... Read More