Briefings & Intelligence
16-04-2014: Latin American Weekly Report
For now Venezuelan ‘dialogue’ is little more than talks about talks
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Briefings & Intelligence
10-04-2014: Latin American Weekly Report
Brazil’s Rousseff: running out of power?
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Briefings & Intelligence
09-04-2014: Latin American Weekly Report
Peru’s new prime minister: a red rag to the opposition
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Briefings & Intelligence
03-04-2014: Latin American Weekly Report
Much talk about talks in Venezuela but so far nothing concrete
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Briefings & Intelligence
27-03-2014: Latin American Weekly Report
Unasur arrives in Caracas to the perfect narrative
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Briefings & Intelligence
26-03-2015: Latin American Weekly Report
Peru’s Humala faces threat of spiralling social conflicts
President Ollanta Humala is desperately trying to douse the flames of social conflict in some of Peru’s poorer regions. Two ‘indefinite strikes’ in a matter of weeks have raised concerns that latent social conflicts elsewhere could ignite and spread like wildfire. This is a disturbing prospect for the Humala administration, which is striving to boost foreign investment in extractive industries to drive Peru’s flagging economy. But with new laws relaxing regulations governing the extractive industries, streamlining environmental impact studies and fast-tracking permit approvals, there could be plenty more ‘indefinite strikes’ in the offing.
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