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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 16 August 2019

From LatinNews Daily
On 15 August, the hashtag '#AbusoDeAutoridadeNao' was trending on Brazilian Twitter, as President Jair Bolsonaro was being asked to veto a bill approved by the federal chamber of deputies the previous day, known as the ‘abuse of authority law'.... Read More
* Paulo Guedes, Brazil’s economy minister, has said that Brazil could leave the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) trade bloc if hard-line Peronist Alberto Fernández and his running mate, former president Cristina Fernández (2007-2015), win Argentina’s presidential election in October and are not committed to opening the Argentine economy.... Read More
On 15 August thousands of protesters took to the centre of Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires to demonstrate against the economic instability that has gripped the country in the four days since the heavy defeat in the party primary elections (Paso) suffered by President Mauricio Macri against the radical Peronist ticket comprising Alberto Fernández and former president Cristina Fernández (2007-2015).... Read More
* Argentina’s national statistics institute (Indec) has released new figures which show that monthly inflation for July was 2.2%, bringing the year-on-year total to 54.4%.... Read More
From Latin American Weekly Report
President Mauricio Macri suffered a heavy defeat in Argentina’s primary elections (Paso) on 11 August.... Read More
João Doria, a former TV star and millionaire businessman who erupted on Brazil’s political scene when he was elected mayor of the city of São Paulo in 2016, makes no secret of his higher ambitions.... Read More
Weeks of criticisms from environmental NGOs, foreign governments and the international press, as well as concerns raised by scientists and the business and agricultural sectors in Brazil, have not swayed President Jair Bolsonaro’s views on the environment [WR-19-31].... Read More
BRAZIL | Technical recession looms.... Read More

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