Brazil & Southern Cone - May 2019

This May edition of the Latin American Regional Report: Brazil & Southern Cone covers issues which are of global concern but are having national repercussions across different policy areas in Chile, Brazil, and Argentina.... Read More

Chile’s water resources came under heavy strain over a punishingly hot summer this year.... Read More

As an agricultural powerhouse, Brazil depends heavily on the use of agrochemicals.... Read More

On 10 May Presidents Mario Abdo Benítez of Paraguay and Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil met in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, in a ceremony to mark the start of the construction of a second bridge across the River Paraná.... Read More

Campaigning for Argentina’s October 2019 general election officially begins on 12 July, but smear campaigns are already underway.... Read More

Vale’s negative quarter: On 9 May, Brazilian mining giant Vale released its financial performance report for the first quarter of 2019, in which it reported net losses of US$1.64bn over that period.... Read More