LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 18 September 2019

* The Chilean subsidiary of Colombian state-owned utilities firm Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM), EPM Chile, has announced the US$138m sale of a wind power project (with an installed capacity of 109.6 MW) in Chile’s Coquimbo Region to AES Gener SA and its subsidiary Norgener Renovables SpA (both subsidiaries of US firm AES Corporation).... Read More

On 17 September, Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro’s first move as he returned to work after a hernia operation and nine days in hospital was to sanction four laws, including one which allows rural landowners to be armed anywhere on their property.... Read More

* Brazil’s economy ministry has announced that it is removing import duties from 498 capital goods and 34 computing and telecommunications goods, including them in its tax exemption regime (‘ex-tarifário’).... Read More

On 17 September the latest electoral survey by Uruguayan pollster Radar suggested that Daniel Martínez, the presidential candidate of the ruling left-wing Frente Amplio (FA) coalition, is pulling ahead with under six weeks to go before the first round of elections on 27 October.... Read More

* Uruguay’s economy & finance minister Danilo Astori and Japan’s ambassador to Uruguay Tatsuhiro Shindo have signed a bilateral tax agreement, with the purpose of eliminating double taxation arising between the two countries.... Read More