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Brazilian Cooperation: a model under construction for an emerging power (ARI) ARI 143/2010 (Translated from Spanish) Bruno Ayllón Pino The media, analysts and markets have focused a great deal of attention on the consolidation of Brazil as an emerging power, mainly in the economic and global governance spheres. However, there is little information and few studies on cooperation as an instrument of Brazilian foreign policy or on Brazil’s role in the new architecture of aid, despite its increasing presence in Africa and its leading role in debates on international development.
The Cuban Monetary and Financial Jigsaw Puzzle (ARI) ARI 148/2010 (Translated from Spanish) - 17/11/2010 Pavel Vidal Alejandro The 2008-09 balance of payments crisis and a succession of errors in economic policies have resulted in new monetary and financial complications in the Cuban economy, to be added to the costs and distortions of currency duality.
The End of Deference: Iran, Brazil and Turkey and the Nuclear Fuel Swap (ARI) ARI 96/2010 - 11/6/2010 Ian Anthony On 17 May 2010 Brazil, Iran and Turkey signed a tri-partite Joint Declaration asserting that a nuclear fuel exchange could lead to wider cooperation to exploit nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.
Tourism Development and Regional Integration in Central America (ARI) ARI 86/2010 - 20/5/2010 Lucy Ferguson What is the relationship between tourism and regional integration in Central America?
Too Big a World? Lula, Brazil and the Middle East (ARI) ARI 62/2010 (Translated from Spanish) - 17/5/2010 Günther Maihold The new activism of the Brazilian government and its President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, in the Middle East has opened up a new front for Brazil’s foreign policy, with significant risks to the chances of its experienced leader engineering a successful outcome.
Haiti: the US and Military Aid in Times of Natural Disaster (ARI) ARI 57/2010 (Translated from Spanish) - 13/5/2010 Carlota García Encina This paper analyses the US military deployment in Haiti after the earthquake of 12 January, which caused catastrophic damage in the poorest country in the Americas.
Haiti: Geopolitical Turmoil in the Wake of the Earthquake (ARI) ARI 58/2010 (Translated from Spanish) - 27/4/2010 Amélie Gauthier What are the international and domestic implications of the Haiti earthquake?
The Impact of the International Financial Crisis on Brazil (ARI) ARI 38/2010 (Translated from Spanish) - 12/4/2010 José Roberto Mendonça de Barros This ARI examines the impact of the global financial crisis on the Brazilian economy and the ways in which the country has managed to react positively to the ensuing challenges, without overlooking the new challenges that it will have to face in the future.
Sparks of War? Military Cooperation between Colombia and the US from a Strategic Perspective (ARI) ARI 16/2010 (Translated from Spanish) - 9/4/2010 Vicente Torrijos R. The military cooperation agreement signed between Colombia and the US in November 2009 unleashed a flurry of debate in the continent regarding the scope of the fight against narcoterrorism and the presence of US forces in Latin America.
Hugo Chávez’s Third Devaluation (ARI) ARI 24/2010 (Translated from Spanish) - 8/3/2010 Ronald Balza Guanipa The devaluation is the consequence of accelerated internal public spending funded through oil revenues. Although spending won Hugo Chávez votes, a significant number of voters may now be feeling the negative effects of devaluation.
The Defeat of the Concertación Coalition and the Alternation of Power in Chile (ARI) ARI23/2010 (Translated from Spanish) - 5/3/2010 Carlos Huneeus The second round of the Chilean elections on 17 January 2010 handed victory to the opposition, putting an end to a run of four governments led by the centre-left Concertación por la Democracia coalition, in power since the end of the military regime of General Augusto Pinochet (1973-90). This is hugely significant because it signals the return of the right wing to the La Moneda presidential palace after no less than 52 years.
The US in Brazil’s Foreign Policy (ARI) ARI 31/2010 (Translated from Spanish) - 3/3/2010 Carlos Malamud and Carola García-Calvo Brazil has opted for its own foreign policy in Latin America and clashed at times with the new US Administration. What is the state of relations between Brazil and the US? Can Brazil become the leader of South America and take a place on the world stage?
Honduras: Elections as a Way out of Political Deadlock (ARI) ARI 11/2010 (Translated from Spanish) - 15/2/2010 Óscar Álvarez Araya The general election in Honduras on 29 November 2009 was a free and transparent process, whose implications for the Americas as a whole are also analysed in this ARI.
The Costa Rican Elections: The Fight for Continuity (ARI) ARI 3/2010 (Translated from Spanish) - 15/2/2010 Constantino Urcuyo President Oscar Arias’ party is seeking to stay in power, despite being weakened by the intensive and combative approach of its rivals.
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