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		<title>Perú’s Presidential Election: An Agenda For Ollanta Or Keiko</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Maria Velez de Berliner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On his way to the House of Pizarro (Perú’s Presidential Palace) Ollanta Humala seems to have converted to Socialismo à la Lula.  On the same path Keiko Fujimori apologized for the crimes of her father’s dictatorship (she called it authoritarian government).  On 5 June Peruvians will decide which conversion is less doubtful, or for some, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Water Security in Latin America: Focus on What Matters</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Maria Velez de Berliner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Public support for presidential life terms, whether on the right (Colombia) or the left (Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Nicaragua) is beginning to run its course in Latin America. Not because of constitutional constraints.  Pliant congresses and courts amend constitutions for political or monetary gain to satisfy the megalomania of presidents who believe themselves indispensable.  But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latin America and the Global Economic Crisis: Opportunities and Risks</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Maria Velez de Berliner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an update of a lecture on Investment Opportunities in Latin America I gave at Canning House in January 2009, and subsequent, unclassified discussions with decision-makers of the US Department of Defense on Latin America’s security issues and the economic crisis. Overview The strict, enforced regulation of banks and financial institutions in Latin America [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paraguay&#8217;s Fight for Brasiguaya: Five Lessons from Colombia</title>
		<link>http://www.lat-intel.com/2009/02/paraguays-fight-for-brasiguaya-five-lessons-from-colombia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Maria Velez de Berliner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Fuera Brasilero!&#8221; (&#8220;Out with the Brazilians!&#8221;) is the rallying cry of native Paraguayans against the 500,000 Brasiguayos (Brazilian-Paraguayans) who own and control modern and world-competitive agribusinesses in eastern Paraguay (Brasiguaya). Inspired by President Fernando Lugo’s slogan, “Paraguay belongs to Paraguay,” Paraguay’s Landless Movement and members of agricultural cooperatives are pushing the Brasiguayos back to Brazil, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CAN&#8217;S Unity Now</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Maria Velez de Berliner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ideological disunity of presidents Garcia (Peru) and Uribe (Colombia) with socialist and nationalist Correa (Ecuador) and Morales (Bolivia) will make agreement very difficult at today&#8217;s meeting of the Community of Andean Nations (CAN) in Ecuador.&#160; President Uribe will not attend; his delegates have little power to negotiate with Ecuador. There is no agreement between [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brazil&#8217;s Pré-sal: Economic Challenges and Political Consequences</title>
		<link>http://www.lat-intel.com/2008/10/brazils-pre-sal-economic-challenges-and-political-consequences/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Maria Velez de Berliner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(This is the first in a series of analyses on how changing economic conditions worldwide might affect the pré-sals exploration and commercialization.) The global financial crisis and the consequent credit crunch and decline in effective demand will affect the level of investment in the installed capacity needed to explore and commercialize the pré-sal.  The pré-sal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alvaro Uribe and The Future of Colombia&#8217;s Democratic Institutions</title>
		<link>http://www.lat-intel.com/2008/06/alvaro-uribe-and-the-future-of-colombias-democratic-institutions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Maria Velez de Berliner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today 84% of Colombians are willing to reelect Alvaro Uribe to a consecutive, third presidential period, beginning in 2010.  Were he to be reelected, Uribe will have served for 12 consecutive years, until 2014. In their drive to reelect Uribe, most Colombians seem to prefer the relative security Uribe has delivered over the central issue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Managing Political Risk in Latin America</title>
		<link>http://www.lat-intel.com/2007/12/managing-political-risk-in-latin-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Maria Velez de Berliner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Summary Our clients often hear me say, &#8220;Latin America is not for the faint of heart.&#8221;&#160; Those who work in or with the region know it:&#160; There is never a dull moment.&#160; Even in the best of times, Latin America represents political risks.&#160; Protecting against them requires vigilance, preparation, and an intimate knowledge of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chávez&#8217;s Defeat: Lessons for Bolivia, Ecuador, and Colombia</title>
		<link>http://www.lat-intel.com/2007/12/chavezs-defeat-lessons-for-bolivia-ecuador-and-colombia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lat-intel.com/2007/12/chavezs-defeat-lessons-for-bolivia-ecuador-and-colombia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:45:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Maria Velez de Berliner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oil money and personality make Hugo Chávez su generis.  However, there are other Latin American presidents who, like Chávez, think they are indispensable.  Others, again like Chávez, believe they were elected to recreate their countries on outdated models of political participation, or lack thereof, economic organization, and intra-country social relations. At this writing Colombians who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Challenges Facing President-elect Cristina Fern</title>
		<link>http://www.lat-intel.com/2007/11/challenges-facing-president-elect-cristina-fernandez-de-kirchner-in-argentina/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lat-intel.com/2007/11/challenges-facing-president-elect-cristina-fernandez-de-kirchner-in-argentina/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:58:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Maria Velez de Berliner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Summary In October 2007 the Southern Cone was focused on the election in Argentina of its first female president, Cristina Fern&#225;ndez de Kirchner.&#160; The central question was not whether she would be elected, which was a given, but how she would govern Argentina with her husband, sitting President N&#233;stor Kirchner, in the background. Her opponents [...]]]></description>
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