Brazil & Southern Cone - September 2024

This September edition of the Latin American Regional Report: Brazil & Southern Cone begins in Chile where the government led by President Gabriel Boric has announced more measures to address violent crime, including the deployment of more police and the construction of a new prison.... Read More

The government of President Gabriel Boric has announced more measures to address violent crime in Chile, including the deployment of more police and the construction of a new prison.... Read More

A series of armed attacks against indigenous peoples in the south and southwest of Brazil has raised concern for the federal government.... Read More

The energy transition away from fossil fuels to more sustainable sources of energy has generated impetus for a host of industries in Latin America, some new like lithium and green hydrogen, some older, like copper.... Read More

For a long time Argentine mining executives looked enviously across the Andean cordillera to their western neighbour.... Read More

Argentina’s former president Alberto Fernández (2019-2023) has been accused of subjecting his ex-wife to domestic abuse, in a scandal which forced him on 14 August to step down as leader of the Peronist opposition Partido Justicialista (PJ).... Read More

Uruguay goes to the polls in October in a presidential election that looks far less polarising than many others around the world.... Read More

Just over a year into his term, President Santiago Peña could claim he has made progress toward his campaign pledge that Paraguayans would be doing better under a government of his.... Read More

BRAZIL | Investment in oil exploration expected to rise.... Read More