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

On 2 April, the Consórcio de Integração Sul e Sudeste (Cosud) organisation of southern and southeastern states in Brazil asked the federal government to take measures to help state governments as they face a sharp decrease in their revenue, due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.... Read More

* The finance secretary in Brazil’s economy ministry, Waldery Rodrigues, has outlined the expected fiscal impact of the measures taken by the federal government to contain and mitigate the impact of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.... Read More

On 2 April Uruguay’s congress voted in favour of postponing the departmental and municipal elections that were scheduled for 10 May.... Read More

* Uruguay’s chamber of deputies has unanimously approved the creation of the ‘fondo solidario Covid-19’, a special fund set up to cover some of the costs of tackling the effects of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.... Read More

On 31 March, United Nations Secretary General António Guterres urged wealthy countries to support those that are less developed in their efforts to tackle the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.... Read More

Faced with the coronavirus pandemic, governments the world over have opted for the enforcement of strict isolation measures to limit the spread of Covid-19.... Read More

The Argentine government led by President Alberto Fernández has missed its self-imposed deadline to conclude debt renegotiations with the country’s foreign creditors.... Read More

Spare a thought for President Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou.... Read More

The global copper industry has been struck by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.... Read More

BRAZIL | Unemployment on the rise.... Read More