Leah Snyder Analysis post #4 On Friday, the 19th of October, Chile and Brazil discussed a possible free trade agreement set in place by the end of the year. Chile is Brazil’s second largest trade partner in south america, Brazil is Chile’s largest latin american trade partner and had a trade worth of $8.5 million. The free trade agreement… Read more »
Brazil and Chile set to sign free trade deal by year-end 1 MIN READ SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil and Chile concluded on Friday negotiations for a free trade agreement that could be signed by the end of the year, the Brazilian government said in a statement late on Saturday. Under the agreed terms, Brazil and Chile will not charge… Read more »
Cuba makes debt payment to Western nations, 10 swaps signed Marc Frank 4 MIN READ HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba paid a third installment on its renegotiated $2.6 billion debt to 14 creditor nations this week, diplomats said, adding that Havana had also signed 10 investment deals as part of a debt swap with creditors, the first since the Revolution. Cuba… Read more »
Counting on victory, Brazil’s Bolsonaro looks to shape policy Rodrigo Viga Gaier 4 MIN READ RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil’s right-wing presidential front-runner, Jair Bolsonaro, has begun to shape policies and choose high-ranking ministers for the government he plans to form after his expected landslide victory in Sunday’s run-off election. FILE PHOTO: Gustavo Bebianno, President of PSL party, talks… Read more »
Brazil’s Haddad: Democracy at risk if Bolsonaro elected president Fernando Haddad, presidential candidate of Brazil’s leftist Workers’ Party (PT), attends a news conference after a debate at the engineers club in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil October 19, 2018. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s left-leaning presidential candidate Fernando Haddad said on Monday that the country’s democracy will be at… Read more »