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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 Brasilia Summit: democracy and economic integration – keys to the development of South America in the twenty-first century
The Brasilia South American Summit (30 August – 1 September 2000) brought together for the first time in history the presidents from the twelve countries in the subcontinent (in addition to Brazil and the nine Spanish-speaking South American republics, Suriname and Guyana were also present). It comes as a surprise to learn that in a…