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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 19 June 2019
From LatinNews Daily
On 18 June, Sergio Massa, the leader of the Frente Renovador (FR) faction in the main opposition Partido Justicialista (PJ, Peronists), confirmed that he will run for a seat in the federal lower chamber of congress for the Frente de Todos coalition led by Alberto Fernández and former president Cristina Fernández (2007-2015) in Argentina’s general elections on 27 October.... Read More
On 18 June, Brazil’s federal senate voted 47 to 28 in favour of rejecting a decree signed by President Jair Bolsonaro in May which relaxed laws on gun ownership and possession.... Read More
* Brazil’s government has announced the launch of its ‘Plano Safra 2019/2020’, an agricultural subsidies package which will allocate resources to small, medium, and large producers.... Read More
* Chile’s President Sebastián Piñera has announced plans to reactivate the economy which grew by just 1.6% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2019, the lowest quarterly figure since the second quarter of 2017.... Read More
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