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Category Archives: Brazil
Brazil in Latin America: Emerging political risks?
Simon Romero has written a solid article on the front page of yesterday’s NYT about how Brazil’s rise and activity in Latin America is creating diplomatic problems with some its regional neighbors. The article itself is worth reading in its entirety, as it points to an interesting trend in regional politics, but for brevity’s sake, [...]
Also posted in Bolivia Tagged border issues, Diplomacy, Evo Morales, Free Trade, Infrastructure, Political Risk Leave a comment
Latin America’s Security Dilemma Continued
Sam Novacich and I have a piece at ISN in which we take a closer look at one of Rio’s Pacifying Police Units (UPP) in the Cantagalo/Pavão-Pavãozinho communities and document some of the challenges the community members and UPP are facing with the new game in town.
In addition to looking into some of the lesser-reported impacts [...]
Luxury Goods Target Brazil
Brazil’s wavering on a contract estimated at more than $4 billion to French airplane manufacturer Dassault has not discouraged the French.
The product and consumer, however, could not be more different from the fighter jets that were destined for the Brazilian Air Force.
Less than seven months ago the Comité Colbert, a French umbrella organization consisting of [...]
Central America, crime, and what the Americas are doing about it
On 3 March 2009, The Wall Street Journal published an Op-Ed titled “In Praise of Mexico’s War on Drugs”. Although it was written nearly two years ago, it is still a highly relevant and recommended read.
A day later, LatAmThought wrote the following in response to the article
Bret Stephens’ commentary “In Priase of Mexico’s War on [...]
Also posted in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Latin America, Panama, nicaragua Tagged Cartels, democracy, drug war, Organized crime Leave a comment
The Skeletons in Brazil’s Closet
In the last year, you’d be hard-pressed to have heard or read anything negative about Brazil (with the exception of President Lula’s pesky affinity for Iran). The South American giant emerged virtually unscathed from the financial crisis and is now the media darling of the Financial Times and the Economist. Democracy has generally been very [...]
Colombian Trafficker Arrested in Rio
On 16 April, a joint task force of Brazilian and US agencies (including the Drug Enforcement Administration) arrested Nestor Caro Chapparo, aka Felipe, as he was leaving his luxury apartment in Rio’s upscale Copacabana neighborhood.
This is the second consecutive month Caro Chapparo has made headlines. Last month, a video was leaked showing a number of [...]
From Partner by Default to Partner of Choice: Shifting US Policy in Latin America
On March 26, US Ambassador to Colombia William Brownfield said the US is close to signing bi-lateral military accords with two unspecified countries in Latin America.
In October 2009, following a failed attempt to keep the details secret, the US and Colombia hastily announced a deal allowing US troops and advisors to use seven military bases [...]
Also posted in Panama, United States Tagged Brazil, Diplomacy, drug war, U.S.-Latin America relations, United States 1 Comment
Interpol, the US, and Brazil
Brazil and the United States have had a troubled relationship in the past year, between a bitter trade feud, a high profile child abduction case, and currently, disagreements on Iran. But the latest international debacle between the two countries involves a powerful Brazilian politician and a New York lawyer.
It began in 2007, when the Manhattan [...]
Also posted in United States Tagged Brazil, corruption, international law, law, New York, Sao Paulo Leave a comment
Brazil’s Tax and Debt Burden
Brazil is in bloom, economically speaking, and the international media has stirred up a frenzy of excitement about the robust and ever-expanding Brazilian economy. But as I’ve written several times before, this trend of stability and wealth mixed with blind optimism is not necessarily sustainable in the long run, and if [...]
Concerns with the Brazil Narrative