LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 25 February 2020

On 24 February, the public security secretariat of Brazil’s São Paulo state (SSP-SP) posted its crime statistics for January 2020, according to which the state continues to see a drop in homicides but is suffering from a spike in thefts.... Read More

* Brazil’s central bank (BCB) has released the latest balance of payment figures, according to which the government posted a US$11.9bn current account deficit in January this year, up from US$9bn in January 2019 and the worst deficit for the month of January since 2015.... Read More

On 24 February Uruguay’s President-elect Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou backed his designated education & culture minister, Pablo da Silveira, and insisted that he had no plans to replace him.... Read More

* Chile’s central bank (BCCh) has released its latest report on the country’s foreign trade, which shows that Chile’s trade flows totalled US$139.27bn in 2019, a 7.4% decrease on 2018.... Read More