Category Archive: Brazil

The Internet and Latin America: The Rise of the Virtual World and Emerging Cyber Security Issues

Source: AP

Throughout the world, many regions have embraced the internet as a vital communication and business tool, and Latin America has been no exception. While demonstrably the expansion of internet usage has not rivaled that of the United States, Europe, or …

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FMI: A la búsqueda de financiamiento en Brasil

Source: France Presse

Durante no poco tiempo fue Brasil un asiduo prestatario del Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI), pero en esta ocasión se ha solicitado formalmente a la potencia sudamericana que se convierta en prestamista del Fondo: otra prueba incontrovertible del intercambio de roles …

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Lagarde Meets with Rousseff and Mantega as Part of Her Visit to Latin America to Negotiate Brazil’s Lending to the IMF

Source: France Presse

For many years, Brazil was a constant borrower of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), but this time the country has been formally requested to lend funds to the IMF, which shows a remarkable shifting of power in the international scenario. …

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Brasil, Chile y Bolivia: El endeble equilibrio económico-ambiental

Esmerados en satisfacer su demanda de energía, los Gobiernos de Brasil y Chile impulsan proyectos de construcción de represas que enardecen la resistencia de grupos aborígenes. En Bolivia, se han organizado manifestaciones de tribus indígenas en rechazo de la propuesta …

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The Price of Civilization: Brazil, Bolivia, and Chile, Trapped between Development and Environmental Constraints

In Brazil and Chile, the government-backed plans to build two dams in order to increase their domestic energy supplies, have led to demonstrations by indigenous people to defend their access to their traditional lands. In Bolivia, a highway construction project …

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