LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 07 February 2020

On 6 February, Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro announced that Rogério Marinho would replace Gustavo Canuto as federal minister for regional development.... Read More

* Brazil’s national development bank (BNDES) has sold its shares in the state-owned oil company Petrobras for a total offering of R$22bn (US$5.14bn), in what was reportedly the largest Petrobras public offering in a decade.... Read More

On 6 February Argentina’s ambassador to the US, Jorge Argüello, said that US President Donald Trump had assured him that the government led by President Alberto Fernández could rely on his support in its upcoming debt renegotiation with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and creditors.... Read More

* Uruguay’s automotive trade association (ACAU) has released new figures which show that a total of 3,093 vehicles were sold in January 2020, down from 3,098 in the same month in 2019.... Read More

Argentina’s President Alberto Fernández concluded a six-day tour of Europe on 5 February, taking him from Vatican City, where he was welcomed by Pope Francis, who organised a forum on economic solidarity that looked tailor-made for his native country, to the Élysée Palace in Paris.... Read More

“This violence cannot continue; this violence must end,” Chile’s interior minister Gonzalo Blumel said on 30 January.... Read More

For the first time since the start of President Jair Bolsonaro’s administration in Brazil, Paraguay was graced with the visit of a high-ranking Brazilian official.... Read More

With under three weeks to go before Shrove Tuesday on 25 February, Brazil has truly entered its pre-Carnival period, with the accompanying influx of tourists and countrywide street parties.... Read More

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro is partial to romantic relationship metaphors, often referring to the image of a courtship, an engagement, or a marriage to describe his government’s diplomatic relations.... Read More

CHILE | Some optimism on the economy.... Read More