Brazil and Southern Cone
Brazil & Southern Cone - November 2021
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- Introduction
Argentina
- Economic policy depends on election results
Brazil
- Big Petrobras profits draw greater scrutiny
- Covid-19 inquiry targets healthcare provider
Chile
- Economic plans of the top four politicos
- Anti-migrant sentiment raises red flags
Paraguay
- Land occupation bill sparks indigenous protest
Uruguay
- Minister recognises prison problem
Economic Highlights
- Economic Highlights
This November edition of the Latin American Regional Report: Brazil & Southern Cone was written as two of the sub-region’s countries were preparing for elections: Argentina held congressional mid-terms on 14 November, and the first round of presidential elections are due in Chile on 21 November.
Brazil & Southern Cone - October 2021
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- Introduction
Uruguay
- Forging an FTA with China
Brazil
- Mixed outlook for administrative reform
- New law defines crimes against democracy
- ‘Novo cangaço’ in São Paulo
Argentina
- Push and pull over budget
- Playing host to climate discussions
Chile
- Wind and sun get the green hydrogen bandwagon rolling
- Drug production now entrenched, says report
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
The October edition of the Latin American Regional Report: Brazil & Southern Cone begins by looking at President Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou of Uruguay’s plans to move forward with pursuing a free-trade agreement (FTA) with China, a pipedream of successive Uruguayan governments.
Brazil & Southern Cone - September 2021
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- Introduction
Brazil
- Standing up to the anti-environmental agenda
- Will Angra 3 deliver value for money?
- ‘Political noise’ hits economy
Argentina
- Playing the long game with the IMF
- Paraná River drought affects millions
Region
- Argentina and Brazil in pipeline talks
Uruguay
- Seeking out the knowledge economy
Paraguay
- Top of the class for business?
- Violence in the north challenges authorities
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
September usually marks the peak of the fire season in the Brazilian Amazon, with destructive blazes often garnering international headlines.
Brazil & Southern Cone - August 2021
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- Introduction
Brazil
- Lethal violence ticks up
- Inflation comes back
Paraguay
- Comptroller general calls foul over Itaipú
- The struggle for vaccines
Argentina
- Business isn’t yet convinced
Region
- Dialogue of the deaf in Mercosur?
Chile
- Raiding pension funds – part four
- Structural political changes on the horizon?
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
An annual report on violence by a respected public security think-tank in Brazil has found that lethal violence increased in the country in 2020, despite the restrictions on movement resulting from the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic which had generally been expected to lead to a drop in most types of crime.
Brazil & Southern Cone - July 2021
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- Introduction
Brazil
- Green light for Eletrobras privatisation
- Unanswered questions over Rio police massacre
Argentina
- Concerns over ‘lawfare’ impact on press freedom
- Payments default postponed (again)
- Signs of recovery – but will they last?
Paraguay
- Back on a growth path
- Dealing with insecurity
Uruguay
- Small country, big unicorn
Chile
- Growing narco-control in Santiago
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
The July edition of the Latin American Regional Report: Brazil & Southern Cone begins by analysing the likely privatisation of Eletrobras, Brazil’s state-controlled electricity firm and the largest utilities company in Latin America, after congress approved a bill laying out the terms for the firm’s sale in June.
Brazil & Southern Cone - June 2021
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- Introduction
Chile
- Uncertainty over constituent assembly
Brazil
- Central bank thinks digital currency
- Bus company takes flight
- The Yanomami under attack
- ‘King of the border’ turns himself in
Paraguay
- The growing cocaine business
Uruguay
- Memories of the dictatorship resurface
- IMF praises policies, but Covid flare-up poses challenges
Region
- Brazil, Argentina, and Chile are leading the wind power race
Argentina
- Where’s the beef?
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
This June edition of the Latin American Regional Report: Brazil & Southern Cone went to press over a month after Chile elected the 155 members of a constituent assembly on 15-16 May, yet the results of this election – a rejection of traditional political parties, particularly on the Right – continue to worry proponents of free-market economics in Chile.
Brazil & Southern Cone - May 2021
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- Introduction
Chile
- Water activists spy opportunity in new constitution
- IMF sounds an approving note
Brazil
- Out-of-control pandemic threatens country
- This budget deal is made for breaking
- Cedae auction signals privatisations still on the agenda
Paraguay
- Omega Green works set to start later this year
Argentina-Uruguay
- The US pays a visit
Argentina
- Internal tensions over electricity subsidies
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
Chilean voters went to the polls on 15 and 16 May in an unprecedented ‘mega-election’ during which the 155 members of the constituent convention, which is tasked with re-writing the country’s constitution, were elected (along with regional governors, mayors, and municipal councillors).
Brazil & Southern Cone - April 2021
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- Introduction
Brazil
- Anti-corruption drive in tatters
- The virus is undermining the recovery
Uruguay
- There is carbon in those trees
Argentina-Paraguay
- Deforestation not just a Brazil problem
Argentina
- Giving up on the Lima Group
- Doing the dance with the IMF
Region
- Mercosur’s unhappy 30th birthday
Chile
- Pension dispute intensifies
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
Arguably, one of Brazil’s most significant achievements of the past decade was the investigation and prosecution of corruption on a large scale amongst the country’s political and business elites through the ‘Lava Jato’ (Car Wash) anti-corruption probe.
Brazil & Southern Cone - March 2021
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- Introduction
Chile
- Economic recovery in sight?
- A tough stance on migration
Brazil
- Bolsonaro moves Petrobras goalposts
- The dangers of Bolsonaro’s pro-gun agenda
Uruguay
- Slight hitch on the road to recovery?
Argentina
- Time to improve the Hidrovía
Paraguay
- Familiar problems
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
This March edition of the Latin American Regional Report: Brazil & Southern Cone is published as the sub-region is facing the worst of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic yet, even as vaccination has begun to get underway – albeit very slowly, for most countries.
Brazil & Southern Cone - February 2021
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- Introduction
Brazil
- Looking for a rare earth revolution
- Stop dancing in the streets
- Fraudsters find opportunities in coronavirus crisis
Chile
- Mapuche conflict deepens despite conviction in Catrillanca case
- Violent crime – cause for concern?
- Moving beyond fossil fuel
Argentina
- YPF faces financial squeeze
- ‘Wealth tax’ comes into force
Paraguay
- The call of the Peoples’ Republic
- Under pressure from human rights defenders
Uruguay
- The bad pupil of IUU fishing
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
This February issue of the Latin American Regional Report: Brazil & Southern Cone starts off with a series of articles on Brazil.
Brazil & Southern Cone - January 2021
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- Introduction
Argentina
- Policy zig-zags cloud investor outlook for 2021
- A step forward for women’s rights
Brazil
- The vaccine is not an economic silver bullet
- Backlash against deadly security policies
- The continuing threat of cybercrime
Uruguay
- No longer the pandemic poster boy
Region
- A six-month window for a Mercosur-EU deal?
Chile
- Finance minister blasts SQM
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
As we enter 2021, the countries of the Brazil & Southern Cone sub-region are, like much of the world, battling with a surge in coronavirus (Covid-19) infections, possibly linked to the emergence of more transmissible variants of the virus.