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Latin America
Economics, resources, regional integration, political transformation and power relations across Latin America and the Caribbean.
Latin America and the Caribbean form a region characterised by considerable economic, political and institutional diversity. It holds major agricultural, mineral and energy resources while facing structural challenges involving productivity, inequality, political stability and regional integration. This section examines national trajectories, economic policies, diplomatic realignments and the region’s position within global trade.
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Brazil: the Power That Refuses to Choose Sides
Brazil: the Power That Refuses to Choose Sides
With more than 210 million people, a near-continental territory, vast natural resources and an economy worth more than $2 trillion, Brazil possesses many of the material attributes of power. But its importance may lie even more in what it refuses to become: a simple satellite of
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