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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 23 September 2019
From LatinNews Daily
On 22 of September hundreds of people attended the funeral of an eight-year old girl.... Read More
* A local private sector lobby, Federação das Indústrias do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Firjan), estimates that proposed tax reforms (proposals 45 and 100), designed to simplify Brazil’s tax system, could generate 300,000 jobs per year and increase consumption by as much as R$122.7bn (US$29.57m).... Read More
On 20 September Paraguay’s President Mario Abdo Benítez ordered changes to the armed forces command including at the helm of the military-police task force (FTC) dedicated to fighting the Ejército del Pueblo Paraguayo (EPP) insurgent guerrillas in the north of the country.... Read More
* In interviews with the local press, the president of Paraguay’s association of soya producers (APS) Eno Michels has stated that strengthening bilateral relations with mainland China would offer export opportunities and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) for the soya industry in Paraguay.... Read More
From Latin American Economy & Business
Set against the backdrop of a slowing global economy and concentrated flows into the region, in August the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (Eclac) released its annual report into the state of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the region in 2018, highlighting a number of patterns and emerging trends.... Read More
The next few months are threatening to be stormy for Argentina, which faces a currency meltdown, rising inflation, a partial default, and deepening recession.... Read More
Inbound tourism to Brazil could be described as a goose that lays golden eggs for the wider economy.... Read More
The Brazilian government’s fiscal game plan requires it to achieve two things this year: pension and tax reform.... Read More
At a relatively slow pace Latin America will begin to switch its mobile networks to 5G, with the new technology expected to spread in 2020-2025 to the big markets in Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, and Argentina.... Read More
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