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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 11 March 2020
From LatinNews Daily
On 10 March, Brazil’s economy minister Paulo Guedes sent a letter to Davi Alcolumbre and Rodrigo Maia, presidents of the federal senate and chamber of deputies, respectively, in which he outlined the reforms that congress must approve to “shield” Brazil’s economy from a global downturn caused by the coronavirus (Covid-19) epidemic.... Read More
* Brazil’s national statistics institute (Ibge) has released the latest figures for industrial production, which picked up in January with a 0.9% month-on-month expansion.... Read More
On 10 March, Uruguay’s foreign minister Ernesto Talvi announced that the country would be leaving the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) left-leaning regional bloc, and re-joining the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (TIAR), a hemispheric defence treaty.... Read More
* The Argentine government has announced the allocation of Ar$1.7bn (US$27.2m) to a special fund for tackling the onset of the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak in the country.... Read More
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