Brazil and Southern Cone
Brazil & Southern Cone - December 2019
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- Introduction
Argentina
- Alberto takes his time
Brazil
- Tax reform on the way?
- Concerns over setbacks to anti-corruption fight
Chile
- Political upheaval shakes economy
- Chilean security forces face human rights abuse allegations
Paraguay
- Looking for an economic rebound
Uruguay
- Uruguay election shaped by public security concerns
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
As this issue went to press, Alberto Fernández had just been sworn in as Argentina’s next president, marking the country’s return to Peronism after four years of centre-right rule under now-former-president Mauricio Macri (2015-2019).
Brazil & Southern Cone - November 2019
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- Introduction
Brazil
- New initiative to fight violent crime in Brazil
- Oil & Gas: Brazil’s big spill
- Oil & Gas: Brazil’s big auction
Chile
- Chile’s drought threatens insecurity
- Thin pensions in Chile
Paraguay
- Paraguay reproaches international community over escape of wanted criminals
Uruguay
- Uruguayan peso to take the strain
Region
- Brazil solar projects get green light
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
Presidential elections in Argentina and Uruguay (which produced a first-round victory for Peronist Alberto Fernández in the former, and will go to a second round between Daniel Martínez of the incumbent leftist Frente Amplio and Luis Lacalle Pou of the centre-right Partido Nacional in the latter) and an outbreak of social unrest in Chile have dominated recent headlines in the Southern Cone region. This November edition of the Latin American Report: Brazil & Southern Cone covers issues peripheral to these major events, as well as topics in Brazil and Paraguay which might otherwise have been overshadowed by their neighbours’ headline-grabbing occurrences.
Brazil & Southern Cone - October 2019
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- Introduction
Region
- Doubts over Mercosur
Argentina
- Argentina deepens defence ties with China
- Poverty on the increase in Argentina
- Argentina’s soya farmers see Chinese opportunity
Brazil
- Brazil’s new crime statistics highlight public security challenges
- Brazil’s pension reform a done deal
Paraguay
- Public security role on the cards for Paraguay’s military
Uruguay
- Large drug seizures trouble Uruguay
- Next Uruguayan government to inherit fiscal trouble
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
The trade deal between the Southern Common Market trade bloc (Mercosur), comprising Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, and the European Union (EU), that was hailed as historic when it was reached in earlier in June, is already running into trouble due to factors within both Mercosur and the EU.
Brazil & Southern Cone - September 2019
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- Introduction
Argentina
- Hezbollah targeted by Argentina’s new terrorism registry
- Argentina’s triangle of uncertainty
Brazil
- The Brazilian Amazon, fertile ground for crime
- Shooting Brazil’s tourist goose?
- Brazil’s economic team rattled by CPMF debate
Chile
- Chile brings in the army to fight drug trafficking
Paraguay
- Alleged EPP attack raises security questions in Paraguay
Uruguay
- Uruguay leading the charge on 5G
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
For the past month, the (geo)political agenda in Brazil & Southern Cone has been dominated by the unexpected results of Argentina’s party primaries (Paso) in August (which gave the opposition Peronist presidential candidate Alberto Fernández a decisive victory over incumbent President Mauricio Macri), the international fallout over President Jair Bolsonaro’s response to fires burning in the Brazilian Amazon, and the risk of impeachment narrowly avoided by Paraguay’s President Mario Abdo Benítez.
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
Chile
- The end of the secret copper money
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.