Brazil & Southern Cone - October 2021

The October edition of the Latin American Regional Report: Brazil & Southern Cone begins by looking at President Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou of Uruguay’s plans to move forward with pursuing a free-trade agreement (FTA) with China, a pipedream of successive Uruguayan governments.... Read More

On 7 September Uruguay’s President Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou did something he and his immediate predecessors had wanted to do for a long time: he announced a commitment to negotiate a free trade agreement (FTA) with China.... Read More

The right-wing government of President Jair Bolsonaro has a mixed record on structural economic reform in Brazil.... Read More

Brazil’s federal congress revoked a controversial piece of legislation known as the Lei de Segurança Nacional (LSN), or national security law, on 10 August.... Read More

In late August, the city of Araçatuba in the west of São Paulo state was momentarily paralysed by a violent raid on several banks.... Read More

The Argentine government’s draft budget for 2022 is facing strong pressure in opposing directions.... Read More

The Argentine government hosted a virtual High-Level Dialogue on Climate Action in the Americas on 8 September, an event held in the context of the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) which will be hosted by the UK in Glasgow between 31 October-12 November.... Read More

September was a big month for a whole new range of green hydrogen pilot projects in Chile, from the far north to the far south of the country.... Read More

A new report by the office of Chile’s national prosecutor confirms that the country is no longer merely a consumer or transit country for drugs, but has turned into a production centre for illegal narcotics.... Read More

BRAZIL | Unemployment falls but labour market still fragile.... Read More