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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 24 April 2020

From LatinNews Daily
On 23 April, Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro dismissed Maurício Leite Valeixo as director general of the federal police (PF), despite concerns that this might prompt the resignation of Justice & Public Security Minister Sérgio Moro. ... Read More
* The Brazilian real has fallen below the R$5.50/US$1 mark, closing the day at a new record low of R$5.53/US$1 yesterday (23 April).... Read More
On 23 April Uruguay’s tourism minister, Germán Cardoso, met representatives of the Cámara Uruguaya de Turismo (Camtur) and other businesses linked to the tourism industry to respond to urgent calls for support amid the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.... Read More
* The economy & finance ministry in Argentina’s province of Buenos Aires has presented its latest attempt to restructure provincial debt held by foreign bondholders.... Read More
From Latin American Weekly Report
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has been compared more than once in recent days to the captain of the Titanic, as he sails through the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic with an overt disregard for the risks the disease represents to the life and wellbeing of the population he was elected to lead.... Read More
The government led by President Alberto Fernández has presented a formal debt restructuring offer to holders of Argentine sovereign bonds issued under international law.... Read More

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