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The Argentine Agricultural Scene: Recent Changes, Future Challenges and Latent Conflicts (ARI)
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ARI 111/2008 (Translated from Spanish) - 10/11/2008
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Roberto Bisang
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Thanks to its inherent potential and recent technological and organisational changes, Argentina’s farming sector has developed the capacity to generate major revenue from abroad. This forces a re-think of how and why the government intervenes (among other ways, by taxing exports) in the process of appropriating such excess production.
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The Energy Situation in Bolivia (ARI)
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ARI 118/2008 (Translated from Spanish) - 10/11/2008
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Hugo del Granado Cosio
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The nationalisation of the hydrocarbon industry in Bolivia marks the
culmination of a long, emotional battle by the ruling party to assert
control over the country’s natural resources. The signing of new
contracts with oil companies displayed the pragmatism and flexibility
with which it can negotiate nationalisation measures, and the degree of
influence that Hugo Chávez has come to exert over the Bolivian
government.
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The US and Latin America: What Lies Ahead? (ARI)
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ARI 140/2008 - 3/11/2008
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Ray Walser
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On 4 November American voters will choose the 44th President of the
United States. While the voters have learnt much about the US
presidential candidates’ views on Iraq, Afghanistan and other key
foreign policy issues, little has been said about relations with Latin
America. Despite its importance to the US, Latin America has not
emerged as a significant topic of debate in the campaign.
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Armed Forces Participation in Populist Nationalist Projects in Latin America (WP)
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WP 36/2008 (Translated from Spanish) - 10/10/2008
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Sonia Alda Mejías
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Given the existence of a common problem that to differing degrees
affects the entire region, it is worth considering whether the changes
being introduced by the current populist nationalist governments
include measures that will ensure civilian control of the armed forces
in the sphere of defence.
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Cuba: Democracy for a Possible Nation (WP)
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WP 30/2008 (Translated from Spanish) - 16/9/2008
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Manuel Cuesta Morúa
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The aim of this Working Paper is to provide some conclusions and practical recommendations regarding possible policies to be implemented by governments interested in favouring -as third parties- the success of a gradual democratic transformation of the Cuban regime on the basis of an agreed and non-violent process.
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The Lima Summit: A Meeting of Euro-Latin American Asymmetry (ARI)
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ARI 58/2008 (Translated from Spanish) - 8/7/2008
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Günther Maihold
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The fifth edition of the LAC-EU Summit did not manage to escape the
contradictions present at the previous meetings, although this time the
Latin American and Caribbean Presidents clearly articulated their
desire to receive a European response to the increasing heterogeneity
in Latin America within a framework of fundamental asymmetry in the
bi-regional relationship.
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The Fragile, Back-and-forth Relationship between Venezuela and Colombia (ARI)
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ARI 40/2008 (Translated from Spanish) - 9/5/2008
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María Teresa Romero
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Under the governments of Álvaro Uribe and Hugo Chavez, political and
diplomatic relations between Venezuela and Colombia have been
increasingly fragile and back-and-forth, jeopardising ties and the
precarious stability in the Andean region.
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