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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 10 July 2019
From LatinNews Daily
On 9 July, a court in Brazil's Minas Gerais state convicted mining giant Vale for the damages caused by the deadly rupture of a tailings dam in Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, in January this year.... Read More
* Brazil’s federal chamber of deputies has begun debating the pension reform proposal (PEC 6/19), with the expectation that it will be voted upon today (10 July) and pass the second round of voting in the chamber before the congressional recess begins on 18 July.... Read More
On 9 July, Chile's President Sebastián Piñera signed a decree which authorises the armed forces (FFAA) to collaborate with the police in efforts to combat drug trafficking on the country's borders.... Read More
* The Chilean government has released its quarterly report on public finances (IFP) for Q2 2019, in which it has revised growth projections for this year downwards to between 3% and 3.5% (previous projections stood at 3.5%).... Read More
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