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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 29 November 2019
From LatinNews Daily
On 28 November Daniel Martínez, the presidential contender for Uruguay’s leftist ruling Frente Amplio (FA) coalition, conceded defeat and recognised Luis Lacalle Pou from the centre-right Partido Nacional (PN, Blancos) as the country’s president-elect.... Read More
On 28 November the Comissão Arns, a Brazilian human rights group formed of judges, lawyers and academics, and the Coletivo de Advocacia em Direitos Humanos (Cadhu), an association of lawyers, announced that they had filed a request with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, The Netherlands, for Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro to be investigated for indigenous rights violations.... Read More
* Brazil’s central bank (BCB) has announced that it would hold US dollar reverse swap auctions and sell more dollars in the spot market in December as part of efforts to restructure existing currency swap agreements due to expire in February 2020.... Read More
* According to a report by the Instituto Coordenadas de Gobernanza y Economía Aplicada, an economic think-tank based in Spain, the ongoing protests that have taken Chile by storm threaten the country’s economic stability and overall governability.... Read More
From Latin American Weekly Report
Not since the return to democracy in 1985 have presidential elections in Uruguay been so closely contested.... Read More
A fall in homicide rates nationally has allowed the Brazilian government led by President Jair Bolsonaro to claim public security victories, despite very little having moved forward in terms of legislation or policy in this area during its 11 months in power.... Read More
Chile has entered its sixth week of intense social mobilisations and widespread public unrest, with demonstrators continuing to press their demands for significant social and economic change in the country.... Read More
One month on from his victory in the first round of Argentina’s presidential elections and Alberto Fernández is still keeping his cards close to his chest.... Read More
BRAZIL | Real struggles in face of strong dollar.... Read More
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- URUGUAY: Lacalle Pou confirmed as president-elect
- BRAZIL: ICC asked to investigate Bolsonaro over human rights
- In brief: Brazil’s central bank adjusts monetary policy
- In brief: Think-tank warns of threats posed by Chile’s social crisis
- Lacalle Pou’s celebrations put on hold in Uruguay
- BRAZIL: Tough-on-crime talk takes centre stage
- CHILE: Social discontent escalates into general strike
- ARGENTINA: Fernández provides some clues
- TRACKING TRENDS