Brazil & Southern Cone - April 2023

The April 2023 issue of the Latin American Regional Report: Brazil & Southern Cone goes to press shortly after Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva marked 100 days in office, at the start of the month.... Read More

The inhabitants of the northeastern state of Rio Grande do Norte had their daily life disrupted from 13-14 March as a local crime cartel coordinated a wave of violence in at least 19 cities, attacking public transport, local government buildings, shops, and private vehicles.... Read More

When government-backed unionists burn a puppet-shaped effigy of the central bank chief on the eve of an interest rate decision – as happened in São Paulo in March – you know monetary policy has become politicized.... Read More

For nearly a century, Lojas Americanas was the retail name per se in Brazil, the quintessential Five and Dime store, a South American Woolworth’s.... Read More

Even by Argentine standards, the situation of the country’s economy is alarming.... Read More

The port city of Rosario in the north-eastern province of Santa Fe has for years been Argentina’s most violent city.... Read More

The biggest blow of President Gabriel Boric’s first year in office in Chile was the rejection by voters last September of a constitutional draft, the unsuccessful outcome of a nearly three-year process in attempting to reform the country’s dictatorship-era constitution.... Read More

The defeat in Chile’s congress of President Gabriel Boric’s tax proposal in March was the most serious blow to the 37-year-old leftist leader since losing a referendum for a new constitution last September.   ... Read More

PARAGUAY | Outlook for growth solid this year.... Read More