Brazil & Southern Cone - November 2020

Argentina’s current economic crisis is dangerously close to becoming a currency crisis which could force a currency devaluation, something which President Alberto Fernández is keen to avoid, as outlined in the first piece of this November edition of the Latin American Regional Report: Brazil & Southern Cone.... Read More

Once more, Argentina is facing an acute crisis of confidence in the national currency.... Read More

For the first time in the 60-year history of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the institution is now led by a US citizen, breaking the unwritten rule that its president be from a Latin American country.... Read More

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President Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou said on 22 October that Uruguay’s borders will remain closed for the Southern Hemisphere summer season (December to March), raising questions over how the embattled local tourism sector will cope.... Read More

Developments in Paraguay regarding the regulation of marijuana production for medical use over the past year suggest that the country might be changing tack in its response to marijuana cultivation – but also show that the process remains a slow one.... Read More

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The delivery by international post of parcels containing seeds of unknown origin to people across Brazil, who had not placed orders for these deliveries, has sparked biosecurity concerns in the country.... Read More

In a sign that Brazil’s police may be adopting a new strategy against the country’s largest criminal organisation, the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC), recent raids have targeted the gang’s financial and money laundering operations.... Read More

PARAGUAY | Advancing key infrastructure project.... Read More