LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 05 April 2019

On 4 April, thousands of people took part in a protest march in Argentina’s capital, Buenos Aires, organised by local workers’ unions and leftist political parties in protest at the economic policies of the government led by President Mauricio Macri and calling for the opposition to coalesce around a consensus presidential candidate in the October general election.... Read More

On 4 March, a police operation in the metropolitan region of São Paulo in Brazil prevented a double bank robbery and resulted in the deaths of 11 suspected criminals.... Read More

* Brazil’s Departamento Intersindical de Estatística e Estudos Socioeconômicos (Dieese), a union-run statistics institute, has reported that the price of the basic basket of goods has increased in Brazil’s state capitals from February to March 2019.... Read More

* Uruguay’s national statistics institute (INE) has released new figures which show monthly inflation in March 2019 was 0.55% compared with the previous month, bringing the year-on-year rate to 7.78%.... Read More

The terms ‘institutional crisis’ and ‘political uncertainty’ get thrown around a lot in reference to Latin American governments, not always accurately.... Read More

Following official visits to Presidents Donald Trump in the US and Sebastián Piñera in Chile earlier in March, Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro continued a busy international agenda with a three-day trip to Israel this week, where he was received with ceremony by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.... Read More

During his undistinguished seven terms as federal deputy in Brazil’s congress, one of now-president Jair Bolsonaro’s most distinctive features was his frequent praise of the country’s military regime (1964-1985).... Read More

BRAZIL | Increased aerial links to Europe.... Read More

As we go to press on 4 April Argentine trade unions and activists are staging a demonstration on the streets of the city of Buenos Aires to protest against the economic policies of the government led by President Mauricio Macri.... Read More