Brazil & Southern Cone - July 2024

This July edition of the Latin American Regional Report: Brazil & Southern Cone begins with an analysis of the rising tensions in Brazil between President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and the central bank chief Roberto Campos Neto.... Read More

Following his initial tirades early last year against Brazil’s central bank, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva seemed to have buried the hatchet and turned to other issues as the economy picked up and congress played ball.... Read More

With crime often perceived by the public as a top concern in Brazil, legislators who back hardline security measures have made significant advances in congress.... Read More

José Antonio Dias Toffoli, a justice on Brazil’s supreme court (STF), ruled on 21 May to annul legal decisions and cases against Marcelo Odebrecht, former CEO of construction firm Odebrecht, relating to the Lava Jato corruption investigation.... Read More

Argentina’s President Javier Milei scored a major victory with the approval in late June of his ‘omnibus bill’ and fiscal reform by the lower chamber of congress.... Read More

Argentina has a lot of natural gas, Brazil needs a lot of it, and the country that lies between the two of them wants to transport it.... Read More

Rodrigo Nicora was officially sworn in as Paraguay’s new justice minister on 28 May, replacing Ángel Barchini, whose resignation the government attributed to personal reasons.... Read More

Chile is in some ways perfectly placed to benefit from the global trend to swap fossil fuels for more sustainable alternative energies.... Read More

Speaking at a press conference on 5 June, Uruguay’s President Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou recognised that there is “huge concern” in government about the country’s murder rate.... Read More

BRAZIL | Record for beef exports.... Read More