LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 01 March 2019

On 28 February thousands of people took part in a protest march in Argentina’s capital, Buenos Aires, demanding the immediate removal of ‘bad judges’.... Read More

On 28 February, Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro met Venezuela’s widely recognised self-declared interim president Juan Guaidó at the Planalto presidential palace in Brasília.... Read More

* Brazil’s national statistics institute (IBGE) has released figures for 2018 GDP growth, which show that Brazil’s gradual economic recovery is continuing at a slow pace.... Read More

* Argentina’s national statistics institute (Indec) has released new figures which show that the country’s GDP contracted by 2.6% in 2018.... Read More

Former president Cristina Fernández (2007-2015) put up a fierce defence of her innocence in court this week.... Read More

While much of Brazil’s attention is focused this week on the street parties and samba shows of Carnival, on 27 February news site G1 released annual homicide statistics for 2018.... Read More

The murder of an indigenous man in central Asunción has sparked serious concerns.... Read More

BRAZIL | Senate approves Campos Neto for central bank.... Read More

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro and Paraguay’s President Mario Abdo Benítez attended the inauguration ceremony for the new Brazilian directors of Itaipú Binacional, the Brazilian-Paraguayan entity that manages the Itaipú hydroelectric dam, on 26 February.... Read More