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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 24 October 2019
From LatinNews Daily
On 23 October, the official campaign period ahead of the 27 October first-round of voting in Uruguay’s general election formally ended.... Read More
On 23 October, environmental NGO Greenpeace staged a protest outside the Planalto presidential palace in Brasília to denounce the government’s response to a recent oil spill affecting the Northeast, and its environmental policies more generally.... Read More
* Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has indicated that Argentina’s suspension from the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) trade bloc could be considered if Peronist presidential candidate Alberto Fernández wins the 27 October presidential election (as he is expected to) and does not pursue a policy of trade opening.... Read More
* The Argentine government has reassigned budget allocations worth an estimated US$40bn for the purpose of taking out short-term loans from state organisms just a few days before the country’s general election.... Read More
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