LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 17 January 2020

On 16 January the Federação Nacional de Jornalistas (Fenaj), an umbrella organisation for press unions in Brazil, reported that attacks against journalists and the press increased by 54% in 2019.... Read More

* Brazil’s central bank (BCB) has released the latest figures for the index of economic activity (IBC-Br), used as a preview of GDP growth.... Read More

On 16 January the head of the Asociación Madres de Plaza de Mayo, Hebe de Bonafini, called upon President Alberto Fernández to release the “political prisoners” being held in Argentina.... Read More

*Paraguay’s finance minister, Benigno López, has announced that the government has successfully placed US$450m in sovereign bonds in the international markets.... Read More

The government led by President Alberto Fernández continues to take action designed to reactivate the economy and “haul Argentina back on its feet”, to cite the economy minister Martín Guzmán, while delaying a renegotiation of its large debt to creditors.... Read More

November’s municipal elections in Paraguay may still be months away but the crisis affecting the Asunción municipal government means that the battle for control of the capital has already started.... Read More

The nomination of the Brazilian production ‘The edge of democracy’ for best documentary feature at the Academy Awards, announced on 13 January, prompted reactions from politicians of all colours in Brazil.... Read More

BRAZIL | Meat prices drive higher-than-expected inflation.... Read More