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		<title>The Skeletons in Brazil’s Closet</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2010/07/10/the-skeletons-in-brazil%e2%80%99s-closet/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2010/07/10/the-skeletons-in-brazil%e2%80%99s-closet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:40:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eliza Sweren-Becker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Impunity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[security]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://latamthought.org/?p=325</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colombian Trafficker Arrested in Rio</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2010/04/21/colombian-trafficker-arrested-in-rio/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2010/04/21/colombian-trafficker-arrested-in-rio/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 23:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eliot Brockner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[drug war]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://latamthought.org/?p=293</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From Partner by Default to Partner of Choice: Shifting US Policy in Latin America</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2010/04/13/from-partner-by-default-to-partner-of-choice-shifting-us-policy-in-latin-america/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2010/04/13/from-partner-by-default-to-partner-of-choice-shifting-us-policy-in-latin-america/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:34:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eliot Brockner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Panama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diplomacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug war]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://latamthought.org/?p=283</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interpol, the US, and Brazil</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2010/03/25/253/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2010/03/25/253/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Glickhouse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[international law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sao Paulo]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://latamthought.org/?p=253</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brazil&#8217;s Tax and Debt Burden</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2010/03/17/brazils-tax-and-debt-burden/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2010/03/17/brazils-tax-and-debt-burden/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Glickhouse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trade]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://latamthought.org/?p=240</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brazil’s nuclear initiatives: what should be done about them?</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2010/03/16/brazil%e2%80%99s-nuclear-initiatives-and-what-should-be-done-about-them/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2010/03/16/brazil%e2%80%99s-nuclear-initiatives-and-what-should-be-done-about-them/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:19:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>W. Alejandro &#34;Alex&#34; Sánchez</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nelson Jobim]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://latamthought.org/?p=247</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson Jobim recently declared that he is against additional inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and restrictions regarding selling uranium to other countries, a key ingredient for developing nuclear energy and nuclear armament. Indeed, Brazil has so far refused to sign an amended version of the NPT, the so-called additional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paraguay&#8217;s Anti-Terrorist Group and the US</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2009/11/10/paraguays-anti-terrorist-group-and-the-us/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2009/11/10/paraguays-anti-terrorist-group-and-the-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:27:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eliot Brockner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paraguay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[border issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fernando Lugo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://latamthought.org/?p=147</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On 4 November 2009, the United States announced they would donate US$1.39 million in equipment towards the formation of an elite unit of highly trained troops in the Paraguayan army. Backed by US funding (sources put the total amount of the expedition at US$3 million) and training from SOUTHCOM, the troops are trained in counterterrorism [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Violence in Rio de Janeiro and Brazil&#8217;s Image Gap</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2009/11/05/violence-in-rio-de-janeiro-and-brazils-image-gap/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2009/11/05/violence-in-rio-de-janeiro-and-brazils-image-gap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:08:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eliot Brockner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latin America]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://latamthought.org/?p=142</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Though we were a bit slow on the uptake, LatAmThought recently published an article on World Politics Review analyzing the impact of the internationally-newsworthy violence in Rio de Janeiro during the weekend of 17 October 2009.
The article analyzes the &#8220;image gap&#8221; between Brazil&#8217;s emerging status as a global leader and harsher domestic realities and looks at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Dangers of Prison Transfers</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2009/09/12/the-dangers-of-prison-transfers/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2009/09/12/the-dangers-of-prison-transfers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eliot Brockner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guatemala]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug war]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gangs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://latamthought.org/2009/09/12/the-dangers-of-prison-transfers/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The (dare I say, even sarcastically) classic 1997 movie Con Air is based on the premise of a prison transfer gone awry. In the movie, a group of criminals hijack the airplane on which they are being transported from one prison to another. The movie highlights the dangerous nature of violent criminals and their ability [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brazilian Oil PR Bonanza</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2009/09/03/brazilian-oil-pr/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2009/09/03/brazilian-oil-pr/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Glickhouse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Petrobras]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[petroleum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PR]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://latamthought.org/2009/09/03/brazilian-oil-pr/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Though there are a variety big issues in Brazil right now, mostly involving the Sarney corruption scandal and the Senate&#8217;s Internet censorship during the upcoming elections, there is another issue, one of President Lula&#8217;s pet projects and evidently one of the federal government&#8217;s top priorities: oil.
Petrobras, the state-run petroleum company, has long been a leader [...]]]></description>
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