LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 03 February 2020

On 2 February, the Brazilian government led by President Jair Bolsonaro announced that it would begin the repatriation of Brazilian citizens from the city of Wuhan in China’s Hubei province, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak.    ... Read More

* Brazil’s national statistics institute (Ibge) has released the latest unemployment figures, according to which the unemployment rate fell to 11% in the last three months of 2019, down from 11.6% over the same period the previous year, and 11.8% in the three months to September 2019.... Read More

On 3 February the government of the province of Buenos Aires released a statement improving an offer to creditors by offering to meet part of the BP21 bond repayment on schedule, in an effort to avert a default this week.... Read More

* Chile’s national statistics institute (INE) has released the latest unemployment figures for the country, according to which the unemployment rate totalled 7% in October-December 2019, up from 6.7% over the same period in 2018.... Read More