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anti-corruption protests in Brazil
Latin America Initiative | Issue Brief
After Tight Elections, Brazil Faces Hard Choices
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is starting her second term in office facing economic and political problems that feed into each other. These problems can be attributed to a large extent to mistakes her administration made during her first term. Rousseff’s macroeconomic policy proved to be inconsistent, and the choices she made in some key economic sectors, especially energy, were demonstrably disastrous. Rousseff now faces the enormous challenge of reconciling the leftwing populism that led her to victory with the inescapable need to regain the trust of the most dynamic sectors of Brazilian society, including the private sector.
Sergio Fausto March 30, 2015
Oil donkey
Latin America Initiative | Issue Brief
Is Resource Nationalism Fading in Latin America? The Case of the Oil Industry
With the recent approval of Mexico's energy reform and the current enthusiasm of South American governments to attract foreign investment in oil, one might be tempted to conclude that the tide of resource nationalism is receding in the region. Nevertheless, the cycles of investment and expropriation that have characterized the oil sector in Latin America are unlikely to go away.
Francisco J. Monaldi September 3, 2014