Brazil and Southern Cone
Brazil & Southern Cone - December 2018
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- Introduction
Argentina
- Argentina seeks to loosen the tourniquet
Chile
- Consolidating relations with Peru
- Mapuche murder undoes hard work for embattled Piñera
Brazil
- Limited success to date for Brazil’s labour reform
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- Economic Highlights
The final Latin American Regional Report: Brazil & Southern Cone of 2018 evaluates relevant policy initiatives that have been implemented by the sitting governments in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile to see how successful they have been.
Brazil & Southern Cone - November 2018
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- Introduction
Brazil
- The 2018 presidential election: what happened, and what next?
Argentina-Uruguay
- Ruta del Dinero K: The next great regional scandal
Argentina
- Pensions in Argentina: low ranking in a difficult year
Chile
- ‘Chilean Chernobyl’ exposes 50 years of pollution
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
In this November edition of Latin American Regional Report: Brazil & Southern Cone Group we analyse the results of the general election in Brazil and its implications for the country; the potential implications a major corruption scandal in Argentina and Uruguay; the problems affecting Argentina’s pension system; and the discovery of an ongoing pollution situation in Chile.
Brazil & Southern Cone - October 2018
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- Introduction
Brazil
- Is Brazil turning Right?
- Can Brazil’s electronic voting system be hacked?
- Dire fiscal situation awaits Brazil’s next president
- Low investment causes deterioration of Brazil’s roads
Uruguay
- Far away from the winds of change in Latin America
Paraguay
- Will the fight against corruption and impunity continue?
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- Economic Highlights
Brazil held the first round of its much-anticipated general election this month.
Brazil & Southern Cone - September 2018 (ISSN 1741-4431)
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- Introduction
Argentina
- Vaca Muerta – Argentina’s dream of being a global energy provider
Brazil
- Brazil breaks its own macabre record in murders
Paraguay
- New government installed amid political tension
Uruguay
- Uruguay’s strongest pressure group
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- Economic Highlights
The September edition of the Regional Report: Brazil and Southern Cone contains articles on diverse issues, ranging from economic to negative public security and political trends.
Brazil & Southern Cone - August 2018 (ISSN 1741-4431)
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- Introduction
Region
- Mercosur contemplates standard food labels
Brazil
- Brazil tackles ‘fake news’ as threat to general election becomes serious
Chile
- Anti-bribery laws found to be most lenient
- Looking to build consensus on energy policy
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
This edition of the Regional Report: Brazil and the Southern Cone includes articles on relatively new issues that have emerged in the sub-region.
Brazil & Southern Cone - July 2018 (ISSN 1741-4431)
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- Introduction
Argentina
- ARGENTINA: Argentina returns to the IMF as peso sinks – a bad omen?
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Facing an unpredictable election in October amid chaos and distrust
Chile
- CHILE: Different recipes for a migratory issue
Paraguay
- PARAGUAY: Inauspicious start for new gov’t
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
The July edition of the Regional Report: Brazil and Southern Cone explores the more immediate political and economic challenges faced by some countries in the sub-region.
Brazil & Southern Cone - June 2018 (ISSN 1741-4431)
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- Introduction
Region
- Old age in Chile and Uruguay: calls for reform
Brazil
- Brazil eyes new markets with FMD free certification
Chile
- Chile’s new government: political dynasties and feminist reaction
Uruguay
- Uruguayan education in critical condition
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
It is the midpoint of the year, and the June edition of the Regional Report: Brazil and Southern Cone focuses on some outstanding issues that have yet to be addressed by incumbent governments in the sub-region.
Brazil & Southern Cone - May 2018 (ISSN 1741-4431)
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- Introduction
Brazil
- Brazil’s health system: in need of life support?
- Marielle Franco assassination shakes Brazil’s troubled democracy
Argentina
- Conditions improve for entrepreneurs, but resilience remains a must
Uruguay
- Uruguay flirts with entrepreneurship
Chile
- Piñera’s immigration crackdown targets Haitians and Venezuelans
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
The theme of our May edition of the Regional Report: Brazil and Southern Cone is challenging the status quo.
Brazil & Southern Cone - April 2018 (ISSN 1741-4431)
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- Introduction
Paraguay
- Colorados win presidency in close contest
Chile
- Chile’s new government gets to work
Brazil
- Brazil’s political fair
Argentina
- Argentina progresses on pro-market reforms, but more must be done
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- Economic Highlights
Our April edition of The Latin America Regional Report: Brazil and Southern Cone kicks off with the 22 April general election in Paraguay.
Brazil & Southern Cone - March 2018 (ISSN 1741-4431)
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- Introduction
Chile
- Chile’s national parks: Bachelet’s mixed environmental legacy
Argentina
- Argentina: Low-cost airlines move in as tourism revives
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Evangelicals set to rise – again – this election
- BRAZIL: Dog days of the Temer administration
Uruguay
- A tale of two Uruguays
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
The key to effective governance is compromise.
Brazil & Southern Cone - February 2018 (ISSN 1741-4431)
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- Introduction
Brazil
- Brazil’s ‘fake news’ committee fans fears of censorship
- Brazilian investment funds banned from trading Bitcoin
Chile
- Bachelet’s legacy
- Renewed tensions between truth and justice in Bachelet’s final months
Argentina
- Argentina’s reform agenda far from certain
Paraguay
- Technology unlocks ‘Pandora’s Box’ in Paraguay
- An Awkward Republican Hug
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- Economic Highlights
Now the heady days of carnival are over, political activity has regained momentum.
Brazil & Southern Cone - January 2018 (ISSN 1741-4431)
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- Introduction
Chile
- CHILE: Piñera: the road behind and the path ahead
Argentina
- ARGENTINA: Striking while the iron is hot
Brazil
- BRAZIL: Brazil’s unhappy new year
Uruguay
- URUGUAY: Road to selling legal marijuana littered with obstacles
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
The new year provides an opportunity for reflection which can act as a catalyst for change.