LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 06 December 2019

On 5 December, heads of state from the four Southern Common Market (Mercosur) countries – Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay – met in the municipality of Bento Gonçalves in Brazil’s southern state of Rio Grande do Sul for the trade bloc’s 55th summit.... Read More

* The Instituto Aço Brasil, Brazil’s steel industry organisation, has reported that the sector’s economic performance in 2019 has been below expectations, due to a weak internal market in the first half of the year, and a turbulent external market.... Read More

On 5 December the Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA) revealed that the poverty rate in Argentina in the third quarter reached 40.8%, climbing by more than seven percentage points on the same time a year earlier. Analysis:... Read More

* Chile’s central bank (BCCh) has released its latest monetary policy report (Ipom) in which it now projects 1% growth for the country in 2019, down from its forecast range of 2.25%-2.75% in the previous Ipom, published in September.... Read More

Former president (2007-2015) and soon-to-be Vice-President Cristina Fernández appeared in a Buenos Aires court on 2 December in one of the many corruption cases against her.... Read More

Some six weeks on, intense and often violent protests against the right-wing Chile Vamos government led by President Sebastián Piñera are continuing.... Read More

Of all the countries in Latin America, Argentina and Brazil seemed amongst the least likely to be at the receiving end of US President Donald Trump’s unpredictable condemnations and policy decisions.... Read More

A fortnight after official figures revealed that Amazon deforestation increased by as much as 30% this year [WR-19-46], Brazil is expected to come under pressure at the 25th Conference of the Parties international climate talks (COP25) which kicked off in the Spanish capital Madrid on 2 December.... Read More

PARAGUAY | Budget contested in congress.... Read More