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Brazilian politics remain volatile, but something important has changed. When former President Luis Inácio ‘Lula’ da Silva (2003-2010) was briefly arrested for questioning over corruption allegations on 4 March, plunging the government of his protégé, current President Dilma Rousseff, into a new crisis, the Bovespa stock market index and the national currency, the Real, both rallied. The business community appears to have concluded that the government must fall before the economy can rise. Anything that shortens the Rousseff presidency is likely to encourage the markets. Yet resolving the political crisis still looks like being more complex, and taking longer, than many would hope.

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Chile’s Rear-View Mirror

"Anniversaries, like New Years’ Eve, offer opportunities to look back and to look forward. As Chile observes the 50th anniversary of the coup that toppled President Salvador Allende and ushered in a brutal 17-year dictatorship, Chileans are engaged in precisely that exercise. The problem is that with respect to both perspectives, looking ahead through the windshield and behind in the rear-view mirror, Chileans do not seem to agree on what they see. "

The Amazon Summit: Two Slow, Uncertain Steps Forward

"Perhaps the most important thing about the Amazon Summit of 8-9 August 2023 is that it took place." In Canning House's latest blog, Anthony W. Pereira from Florida International University gives his thoughts on the recent meeting of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization in Belém, Brazil.

27-03-2016: Latin American Economy Business report

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The Amazon Summit: Two Slow, Uncertain Steps Forward

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