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Brazil & Southern Cone - January 2022
Introduction
The year 2022 ushered in a sense of renewal in Chile, after left-wing Gabriel Boric beat far-right José Antonio Kast in the presidential run-off on 19 December 2021.... Read More
Chile
Chile’s President-elect Gabriel Boric faces a balancing act between two potentially contradictory objectives.... Read More
Parts of central and southern Chile saw out 2021 with forest fires tearing through the countryside.... Read More
Argentina
Two recent cases of police killings have shone a spotlight on police violence in Argentina, particularly the phenomenon known as ‘gátillo facil’, or ‘easy trigger’.... Read More
In around two months Argentina must make a US$3.58bn capital repayment to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), part of a total of US$19.1bn that falls due this year.... Read More
Brazil
With presidential elections due in October, 2022 will be a critical year for the Brazilian economy.... Read More
Brazil’s Nubank, a fintech that is also described as a neo-bank, launched a highly successful IPO on the New York Stock Exchange on 8 December 2021, raising US$2.6bn and valuing the company at around US$48bn.... Read More
As part of the US government’s latest efforts to combat the transnational drug trade, the US Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has designated the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC), one of Brazil’s oldest and most powerful drug trafficking organisations (DTO).... Read More
Paraguay-Brazil
Paraguay’s land border with Brazil, a traditionally lawless area rife with organised crime, is suffering from an ongoing spate of bloody violence.... Read More
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