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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 25 March 2019

From LatinNews Daily
On 22 March, the presidents of Chile, Colombia, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Argentina, and Paraguay, along with a representative from Guyana, launched the new regional bloc: the Foro para el Progreso y Desarrollo de América Latina (Prosur).... Read More
On 24 March, the leader of the government in Brazil’s federal chamber of deputies, Vitor Hugo de Araújo Almeida (‘Major Vitor Hugo’), met with President Jair Bolsonaro to discuss the government’s relationship with congress.... Read More
* Brazil’s economy ministry has announced that it will freeze R$29.78bn (US$7.6bn) of the federal government’s budget this year.... Read More
* Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri and Chile’s President Sebastián Piñera have jointly highlighted the importance of a recently ratified bilateral treaty, the Economic Complementation Agreement (ACE), for increasing opportunities for trade and investment between their two countries.... Read More
From Latin American Economy & Business
Brazil’s Economy Minister Paulo Guedes has warned that a watered-down version of the government’s much-vaunted pension reform would present a threat to future generations.... Read More
The peso is still under pressure, interest rates are sky-high, and inflation is heading in the wrong direction.... Read More
The purchase of 200 electric buses for the public transport network in Santiago de Chile is part of a wave of trade and investment deals between the two nations.... Read More

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