LatinNews Regional Monitor - Brazil & Southern Cone - 25 November 2019

On 24 November Brazil’s principal opposition party, the Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), concluded the third day of its national convention in the city of São Paulo, during which federal deputy Gleisi Hoffmann was re-elected as party leader with the backing of former president Lula da Silva (2003-2011).... Read More

* Governors from Brazil’s eight Nordeste states, who form an alliance for regional development known as the 'Consórcio Nordeste', have wrapped up a five-day visit to France, Italy, and Germany, during which they were seeking investment partners and increased cooperation, particularly for regional sanitation infrastructure projects.... Read More

On 24 November, Uruguay’s electoral court said that it was not in a position to announce the outcome of the presidential run-off held that same day due to the tiny margin between the frontrunner Luis Lacalle Pou, from the Partido Nacional (PN, Blancos), and the runner-up Daniel Martínez, from the incumbent Frente Amplio coalition (FA).... Read More

* Argentina’s President-elect Alberto Fernández has held a meeting with Alicia Bárcena, the executive secretary for the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (Eclac), in which the two pledged to deepen mutual cooperation and work together to combat poverty and hunger in Argentina.... Read More