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Lula’s victory in Brazil
The election of Ignacio Lula da Silva (or simply Lula as the Brazilians know him) as President of the Republic is a highly significant historic turning point for Brazil. For the first time in the history of the Brazilian republic, the politician who has risen to highest institutional office has not emerged from the country’s…
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Latin America and the G8
The development of international scenarios after Seattle has also had important repercussions for Latin America. On one hand, the rise of an influential protest movement against globalisation and its effects focused world attention on themes traditionally deeply felt in the region, as well as in developing or ’emerging’ countries.Summing up,we maysay there has been a…
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The Argentine crisis
The acute Argentine crisis is rapidly evolving from one day to the next. At the time of writing (April 1, 2002), we have no certainty as to what the institutional and economic situation will be in the country when this review comes out. Events have developed very fast since December 2001, and the issues at…
