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Brazil & Southern Cone - January 2023

Introduction
The first issue of the year 2023 of the Latin American Regional Report: Brazil & Southern Cone focuses first of all on the new government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who was inaugurated for a third term as president of Brazil on 1 January.... Read More
Brazil
As if President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva didn’t already face a daunting economic challenge, the recent storming of democratic institutions in Brazil’s capital added another level of complexity to the problem.... Read More
As 2022 drew to a close and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s 1 January swearing-in ceremony as the 39th president of Brazil approached, security fears heightened in the capital, Brasília.... Read More
Brazil’s supreme court (STF) has often been accused of ‘judicial activism’ and of making politicised decisions.... Read More
Argentina
On 6 December 2022, three judges sentenced Argentina’s Vice President Cristina Fernández to six years in prison and gave her a lifelong ban from public office for defrauding the state in a corruption case known as ‘Vialidad’, relating to the distribution of public works contracts during her time as president (2007-2015).... Read More
The hype surrounding the economic potential from the so-called ‘lithium triangle’ in the central Andes over the past year has taken on near-epic proportions.... Read More
Region
In its first decade of existence, the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) regional trade bloc was a roaring success; in the second decade, domestic crises triggered tensions and internal dispute; and in the last decade, growth has stalled and the bloc’s importance has waned.... Read More
Chile
President Gabriel Boric of Chile announced on 21 December his government’s intention of opening an embassy in Palestine, where the South American country currently only has a trade office.... Read More
Economic Highlights
PARAGUAY | Country records first trade deficit in nearly three decades.... Read More

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