LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 15 November 2019

In the early hours of 15 November, political party leaders in Chile’s national congress announced that they had reached an agreement with the government led by President Sebastián Piñera on a road map to drafting a new constitution.... Read More

On 14 November, the Brics group of emerging economies (Brazil, Russia, China, India, and South Africa) presented the Brasília Declaration, bringing the 11th Brics summit hosted in the Brazilian capital to a close on promises of deeper cooperation.... Read More

* Brazil’s central bank (BCB) has released the latest figures for the index for economic activity (IBC-Br), used as a forecast of GDP growth, according to which the economy grew 0.44% in September 2019 compared with August.... Read More

* Chile’s central bank (BCCh) has announced yet more measures to ensure the liquidity of the domestic financial system as the value of the Chilean peso continues to fall in the face of social unrest.... Read More

The Chilean government led by President Sebastián Piñera has accepted that drafting a new constitution can provide a way out of the country’s current crisis stemming from the public protests in rejection of social and economic inequality that have been raging for three weeks now.... Read More

After 580 days of waiting and campaigning, the wishes of Brazil’s leftist Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) and ‘Lula Livre’ movement were granted.... Read More

As protests spread like wildfire across the region, Paraguay’s President Mario Abdo Benítez is fearful that his government could be next to feel the heat.... Read More

BRAZIL | Oil ‘mega-tender’ disappoints.... Read More