LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 24 May 2019

On 23 May, Brazil’s Vice President Hamilton Mourão presided over a meeting of the Sino-Brazilian high-level coordination and cooperation committee (Cosban) in Beijing, China, alongside his Chinese counterpart Wang Qishan. ... Read More

* Ignacio Galán, the president of Spanish energy company Iberdrola, has announced plans to invest €6.5bn (US$7.27m) over the next five years in new electricity projects in Brazil.... Read More

On 23 May, Paraguay’s senate voted in favour of overturning the partial veto that President Mario Abdo Benítez issued against a recently approved bill introducing changes to the regime governing the retirement and pensions of doctors who work in the public healthcare sector.... Read More

* Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri inaugurated the Argentina Exporta forum in Buenos Aires where he and his production & labour minister Dante Sica presented a plan for export development, the outline of which has been agreed with representatives from the business sector.... Read More

“Fernández for the presidency, Fernández for power.” This, as expected, will be one of the slogans employed in the campaign ahead of October’s presidential elections.... Read More

The Frente Amplio (FA) government led by President Tabaré Vázquez has taken further steps to advance its plans for Finnish firm UPM to build a second major pulp mill in the country (UPM II).... Read More

As the Brazilian government continues to be embroiled in internal tensions, and to struggle in the face of an anaemic economy, lately its focus has somewhat drifted away from the public security debate.... Read More

Following on from a series of setbacks in congress [WR-19-19] and large-scale nationwide protests on 15 May, President Jair Bolsonaro’s government is weakened.... Read More

ARGENTINA | Offshore oil and gas explorations.... Read More