Brazil and the Southern Cone Archives - Page 43 of 48

Brazil and the Southern Cone

Breaking promises

Lucas Perelló | September 15, 2015

Corruption scandals and slowing economic growth have forced President Michelle Bachelet to backtrack on her campaign promises. Now facing the lowest ...
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What about Paraguay?

Frank O. Mora | September 11, 2015

The landlocked, Southern Cone country is experiencing the same, if not worse, corruption scandals, social protests, approaching economic stagnation, and ...
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Dilma Rousseff vs. Left vs. Right

Hari Seshasayee | September 3, 2015

Brazil's president is facing protests from both the left and the right, with an approval rating of only 8 percent. The protests are calling for ...
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¿Habrá segunda vuelta en las elecciones presidenciales de la Argentina?

Gabriel Salvia | August 25, 2015

Los resultados de las elecciones primarias, abiertas, simultáneas y obligatorias (PASO) que se realizaron el 9 de agosto en la Argentina, dejaron al ...
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The BackYardistas

Christopher Sabatini | August 6, 2015

Those who stoke fear every time an extra-hemispheric rival to the U.S. gains influence in the Western Hemisphere are missing the real challenges. While ...
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El juicio AMIA: después de 21 años y solo por el encubrimiento

Alvaro Herrero | August 5, 2015

21 años después del ataque contra la AMIA, nueve años después de las acusaciones contra Hezbollah y miembros del gobierno Irani, y mas de seis meses ...
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Militarizing the Police Undermines Democratic Governance

Orlando J. Pérez | August 3, 2015

Across the hemisphere a majority of citizens support a greater role for the armed forces in domestic security—with over 80 percent of citizens in El ...
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Corrupto-landia

Juan Nagel | July 30, 2015

Donald Trump was right on one thing: corruption in Mexico and Latin America is unbelievable. As the series of scandals from Chile to Brazil to Mexico have ...
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