LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 01 May 2020

On 30 April, magistrates from Brazil’s supreme court (STF) came out in defence of their colleague Alexandre de Moraes, following attacks against him by President Jair Bolsonaro.... Read More

* Brazil’s central bank (BCB) has posted the latest fiscal results, which show that the primary deficit has deepened.... Read More

On 30 April Argentina’s President Alberto Fernández named a new head of the social security agency, Administración Nacional de la Seguridad Social (Anses), after his government forced out the previous incumbent two days earlier.... Read More

* Chile’s national statistics institute (INE) has released the latest unemployment figures, which show that the unemployment rate has risen to 8.2% in the first three months of the year.... Read More

The coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic and accompanying economic crisis have been unfolding to a background of political tensions in Brazil.... Read More

Chile’s President Sebastián Piñera suggested this week that an impending recession associated with the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic might make it necessary to re-evaluate holding a plebiscite on reforming the constitution in October.... Read More

ARGENTINA-REGION | Argentina disengages from Mercosur.... Read More

The resignation of two Paraguayan government officials in as many weeks over alleged irregularities in the procurement of materials to help with the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has raised concerns that the financial effort undertaken by the administration led by President Mario Abdo Benítez to address the public health emergency [WR-20-12] will be undermined by corruption.... Read More