LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 21 June 2019

On 20 June, Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro told journalists that he would stand for re-election in 2022 if he fails to pass a political reform during his current term.... Read More

* Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has reminded that he will be meeting with Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzō Abe during his trip to Tokyo, Japan, for the G-20 summit next week, and said he hopes to reach an agreement for Japan and Brazil to jointly exploit the Brazilian Amazon region’s biodiversity.... Read More

On 20 June MontevideoGas, a subsidiary of Brazil’s state-owned oil firm Petrobras that distributes natural gas in Uruguay, rejected a proposal by its unionised workers aimed at solving a long-running labour dispute.... Read More

* Chile’s President Sebastián Piñera has announced an investment plan of US$1.44bn to modernise the country’s airports.... Read More

After a few weeks of relative calm – ongoing frictions with congress and public protests notwithstanding – President Jair Bolsonaro’s government is once again rattled, by both external setbacks and internal tensions.... Read More

“Each of us has to take a dose of humility, and recognise how far our capacity stretches, fighting at the right time and place.” With these words Sergio Massa threw in his lot with Kirchnerismo, the radical brand of Peronism he professed to revile when setting up his moderate Alternativa Federal (AF) grouping and promising a third way to end Argentina’s political polarisation.... Read More

Chile’s President Sebastián Piñera’s approval rating has fallen sharply, according to the country’s eagerly anticipated biannual survey Centro de Estudios Públicos (CEP) released on 13 June.... Read More

BRAZIL | Construction giant on brink of bankruptcy.... Read More