Brazil & Southern Cone - June 2024

Ever since its foundation over seven decades ago, Brazil’s state-run oil company Petróleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) has been a political football for the country’s leaders, each seeking to tap into the vast resources of Latin America’s largest energy company.... Read More

Ever since its foundation over seven decades ago, Brazil’s state-run oil company Petróleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) has been a political football for the country’s leaders, each seeking to tap into the vast resources of Latin America’s largest energy company.... Read More

Since late April, heavy storms and severe floods have hit the southernmost state of Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul.... Read More

The waters from the most devastating flooding in Brazilian history have largely receded, but the physical damage and the financial cost from the floods in Rio Grande do Sul will weigh on the regional and even national economy for years to come.... Read More

Chile celebrated the Día del Carabinero on 27 April, marking the 97th anniversary of the formation of the Carabineros militarised police force.... Read More

An alleged hate crime in Buenos Aires on 6 May, when an attacker killed three lesbian women and seriously injured another, drew widespread condemnation in Argentina and from international human rights groups.... Read More

After lengthy negotiations, Brazil and Paraguay have reached an agreement on the price and distribution of electricity generated by the binational Itaipú hydroelectric complex.... Read More

With the longest continuous democracy, one of the highest per capita incomes, and among the lowest poverty rates in Latin America, Uruguay for some time has stood out amongst its peers in the region.... Read More

CHILE | Codelco and SQM sign lithium deal.... Read More