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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 2 October 2019
From LatinNews Daily
On 1 October, the two leading candidates in Uruguay’s presidential race, Daniel Martínez of the leftist ruling Frente Amplio (FA) coalition and Luis Lacalle Pou of the centre-right opposition Partido Nacional (PN, Blancos), took part in a televised debate ahead of the 27 October general election.... Read More
On 1 October, Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro addressed a group of wildcat miners (‘garimpeiros’) in front of the Planalto presidential palace in Brasília, after meeting with some of their representatives to hear their demands.... Read More
* Brazil’s federal senate has approved the base text of the pension reform in a first round of voting in the plenary, with 56 votes in favour and 19 against.... Read More
* Argentina’s supreme court (CSJN) has issued a preliminary ruling that stipulates that the decision by the government led by President Mauricio Macri to temporarily reduce value-added tax (VAT) rate to 0% on a range of food products and to increase the income tax threshold must not affect the ‘co-participation funds’ distributed to provincial governments.... Read More
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