Brazil and Southern Cone
Brazil & Southern Cone - May 2023
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- Introduction
Paraguay
- Continuity doesn’t mean stability
Brazil
- Reining in the armed forces
- A new cap on more government spending
Chile
- Boric proposes statis lithium industry
- Public security shoots to top of the agenda
Argentine
- Passports and pregnant Russians
Economic Highlights
- Economic Highlights
Paraguay held presidential elections on 30 April which delivered an unexpectedly strong result for the ruling Associación Nacional Republicana-Partido Colorado (ANR-PC).
Brazil & Southern Cone - April 2023
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- Introduction
Brazil
- Urban and rural violence both major challenges
- Lula’s beef with the central bank
- Lojas Americanas – downfall of a retail empire?
Argentina
- Massa’s battle to avoid default and devaluation
- Violence in Rosario forces new measures
Chile
- Constitutional rewriting attempt take two
- Aftermath of a failed tax reform
Economic Highlights
- Economic Highlights
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.
Brazil & Southern Cone - March 2023
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- Introduction
Brazil
- The challenges surrounding the Yanomami crisis
- Economic policies cause a stir
Paraguay/Brazil
- Paraguay wants better Itaipú terms from Lula, again
Paraguay
- Shadow of corruption hangs over elections
Uruguay
- Tax breaks amid drought-induced economic slowdown
- Homicides soar, crime spreads
Economic Highlights
- Economic Highlights
The March 2023 issue of the Latin American Regional Report: Brazil & Southern Cone focuses first on Brazil and the actions and challenges of the new government of three-times President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Brazil & Southern Cone - February 2023
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- Introduction
Argentina
- Economic woes follow World Cup Bliss
Brazil
- Undoing Bolsonaro’s foreign policy legacy
- Lula backs integration talk with money
Chile
- Boric’s blunders
- Boric says no to Dominga mine
- Fishy business threatens national parks
Economic Highlights
- Economic Highlights
Things are looking tricky for President Alberto Fernández of Argentina, whose government continues to face soaring inflation and the looming fear of default and devaluation, as a general election approaches later in the year.
Brazil & Southern Cone - January 2023
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- Introduction
Brazil
- Lula’s economic challenges
- New government faces up to extremist threats
- Did the top court go too far?
Argentina
- Prison sentence handed down to VP
- The white gold rush in the Andes
Region
- Uruguay tells Mercosur to grow or die
Chile
- Palestine policy makes waves
Economic Highlights
- Economic Highlights
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.