Brazil & Southern Cone - December 2020

As the end of 2020 approaches, Brazil and the Southern Cone countries are facing a renewed wave of coronavirus (Covid-19) infections which risks threatening their incipient economic recovery.... Read More

Political violence in Brazil captures fewer headlines than in other countries in the region, such as Colombia or Mexico.... Read More

A series of recent reports and rankings highlight the erosion of press freedom in Brazil, where the attitude and language adopted by President Jair Bolsonaro have negatively impacted journalists and their work.... Read More

The Brazilian government is trying to restart the tourism industry, which is still crippled by the effects of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.... Read More

When Paulo Guedes was appointed Brazil’s ‘super minister’ of the economy in January 2019, friends and foes alike thought he would launch sweeping pro-market economic reforms.... Read More

When Chileans voted at the end of October in favour of convening a constituent assembly to draft a new constitution, the stock market was unimpressed, registering a 2.7% share price fall on the Monday after the vote.... Read More

Chile held its much-anticipated plebiscite on the rewriting of the country’s constitution on 25 October, in which the ‘apruebo’ vote in favour of replacing the dictatorship-era constitution won with a resounding 78% of the vote.... Read More

Óscar Llamosas became Paraguay’s new finance minister on 29 October, replacing Benigno López, who stepped down to take up a senior role at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).... Read More

A historic cocaine seizure by the Paraguayan authorities in October has served as a reminder that the country operates as an important transit point for cocaine trafficking in South America, while also forcing the authorities to confront the weaknesses which facilitate such illegal activity.... Read More

ARGENTINA | Government launches gas production plan.... Read More