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Weekly Report - 08 November 2012 (WR-12-44)
BRAZIL: The royalties war erupts again
Sérgio Cabral, the state governor of Rio de Janeiro, warned this week that there would be “no Olympics” if a newly approved congressional framework law on oil royalties becomes law. Cabral declared that the new legislation “makes unviable the [2014 World] Cup, the Olympics, pension payments and debt”. “It is absolutely unviable. It is the bankrupting of the state”, he declared.
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- BOLIVIA: Morales hails judicial progress
- CHILE: Piñera launches presidential race
- BRAZIL: The royalties war erupts again
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- MEXICO: More hints of Peña Nieto’s security strategy
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- NICARAGUA: Ortega tightens grip on power
- EL SALVADOR: FMLN prepares to anoint exile
- PANAMA: US deal finally approved
- TRACKING TRENDS
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