Brazil and Southern Cone
Brazil & Southern Cone - August 2019
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- Introduction
Region
- Regional bodies join forces to combat arms trafficking
- The Italian Mafia in the Southern Cone
Argentina
- Argentina flirts with facial recognition technology
Brazil
- Attempting to dismantle Rio’s ‘parallel state’
- Breaking Petrobras’s gas market monopoly in Brazil
Chile
- Cencosud nets US$1.055bn in largest-ever IPO on Santiago de Chile exchange
Paraguay
- Metrobús scandal rumbles on in Paraguay
Uruguay
- Uruguay government to miss fiscal target
Highlights
- ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
This August edition of the Latin American Regional Report: Brazil & Southern Cone covers a variety of business-, economy- and security-related issues in all the countries of the sub-region.
Brazil & Southern Cone - July 2019
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- Introduction
Region
- EU-Mercosur deal – who gets what?
Argentina
- Argentina's Fernández pledges to take on IMF if elected
Chile
- Plan to turbo-charge infrastructure investment in Chile
Brazil
- Prison massacre in Brazil highlights need for reform – but how?
Paraguay
- Crisis in Paraguay's penitentiary system exposed
Uruguay
- Police corruption case opens can of worms in Uruguay
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
The conclusion on 28 June of two-decade-long trade talks between the European Union (EU) and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) has been at the centre of the news in the Mercosur member countries – Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
Brazil and Southern Cone - June 2019
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- Introduction
Argentina
- ARGENTINA: Argentina produces another unicorn, despite it all
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Clear skies ahead for foreign airlines in domestic market
- BRAZIL: Challenges to the education system under Bolsonaro
Chile
- CHILE: A possible funding solution for conservation in Patagonia
Uruguay
- URUGUAY: Uruguay tries to adapt to the migratory wave
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
Brazil and the Southern Cone countries have all been dealing with their respective political problems over the past month.
Brazil & Southern Cone - May 2019
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- Introduction
Chile
- Dire water shortages set to continue in central Chile
Brazil
- President Bolsonaro – a boon for the agrochemicals industry
Brazil-Paraguay
- Itaipú renegotiation looms
Argentina
- Taking on the ‘fake news’ challenge
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
This May edition of the Latin American Regional Report: Brazil & Southern Cone covers issues which are of global concern but are having national repercussions across different policy areas in Chile, Brazil, and Argentina.
Brazil and Southern Cone - April 2019
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- Introduction
Uruguay
- Ruling party remains united, but opposition prepares for intense primaries
Brazil
- Brazil’s airspace is open for business – the Trump-Bolsonaro deal
Argentina
- Argentina’s poverty problem
Chile
- Piñera under fire over ID checks for minors
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
In this edition of the Latin American Regional Report: Brazil & Southern Cone are included articles on matters that look set to have an impact on the governments of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay.
Brazil & Southern Cone - March 2019
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- Introduction
Uruguay
- Uruguay and its discretion over Venezuela
Argentina-Bolivia
- Argentina and Bolivia: healthcare for all?
Brazil
- Marine plastic pollution: Brazil’s waste management challenge
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
This March edition of the Latin American Regional Report: Brazil & Southern Cone covers topics that are generating public debate in different countries.
Brazil & Southern Cone - February 2019
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- Introduction
Uruguay
- Poverty reduction but growing social inequality
Brazil
- Will Brazil ever learn its lessons?
Argentina
- Argentina-Chile FTA paves way for expanded trade relations
- Deadly Hantavirus outbreak in Argentina sparks concern
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
With 2019 now getting into gear after a prolonged summer holiday period in the Southern Hemisphere, the February edition of the Latin American Regional Report: Brazil & Southern Cone delves into some of the emerging challenges faced by the governments of Uruguay, Brazil, and Argentina.
Brazil & Southern Cone - January 2019
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- Introduction
Chile
- Carabineros face major restructure after second scandal in a year
Brazil
- Bolsonaro puts the Brazilian Amazon in the spotlight
- Violence in Rio de Janeiro poses daunting challenge for new government
Paraguay
- Paraguay faces the Bolsonaro enigma
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
This January edition of Latin American Regional Report: Brazil & Southern Cone analyses issues that are quickly turning into major public concerns in Chile, Brazil, and Paraguay.