Brazil & Southern Cone - May 2022

The May edition of the Latin American Regional Report: Brazil & Southern Cone begins with a series of articles on Chile, where the government of young, leftist President Gabriel Boric took office on 11 March.... Read More

Gabriel Boric, Chile’s new left-wing president who took office on 11 March, has had a turbulent first two months in office, with economic difficulties beginning to pile up. ... Read More

A drastic change of policy regarding Chile’s long-running Mapuche conflict was expected with the start of Gabriel Boric’s presidency in March.... Read More

Within a week of taking office on 11 March, Chile’s President Gabriel Boric signed onto the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation, and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean, more commonly known as the Escazú Agreement.... Read More

It was an extremely high-profile interview and an extraordinary answer to a question.... Read More

Public security was one of the cornerstones of Jair Bolsonaro’s campaign when he successfully ran for the presidency in Brazil in 2018.... Read More

If the first wave of the energy transition is the shift to greater use of renewable energy in the electricity grid, the second is the reduction of fossil fuels in transport and their replacement by alternatives such as hydrogen.... Read More

In April, the Argentine government announced plans to build a major pipeline, named after former president Néstor Kirchner (2003-2007), to link the Vaca Muerta shale oil and gas deposits in Patagonia to the capital Buenos Aires and other consumption centres and export terminals.... Read More

ARGENTINA | Economy minister claims IMF deal on track.... Read More