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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 22 November 2019

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On 21 November, Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro launched the formal creation process for his new party, named Aliança Pelo Brasil.... Read More
* The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has reduced its forecast for Brazil’s 2019 GDP growth to 0.8%.... Read More
On 21 November, the Chilean government vehemently rejected a report by international human rights NGO Amnesty International (AI) accusing Chilean security forces of pursuing a policy of repressive punishment against demonstrators.... Read More
* Paraguay’s chamber of deputies has given final approval to a bill that lifts to 3% for this year the current cap of 1.5% of GDP on the fiscal deficit set in the 2013 fiscal responsibility law (LRF).... Read More
From Latin American Weekly Report
Chile will have a new constitution.... Read More
Annual data published on 18 November by the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (Inpe), Brazil’s national institute for space research, has confirmed that Amazon deforestation is on the rise.... Read More
The 11th summit of the Brics group of so-called emerging economies – comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa – which Brazil hosted in the capital Brasília on 13 and 14 November was expected to be a test of both President Jair Bolsonaro’s foreign policy and the group’s continued relevance as a geopolitical entity (which has been in question for a while).... Read More
The issue by a Brazilian judge of an international arrest warrant against Paraguay’s former president Horacio Cartes (2013-2018) and the implication of incumbent President Mario Abdo Benítez’s chief-of-staff in the criminal case for which Cartes is wanted has shaken up Paraguayan politics.... Read More
PARAGUAY | Protests delay budget debate.... Read More

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