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Brazil & Southern Cone - March 2014 (ISSN 1741-4431)
Bachelet reprises the reins of power
President Michelle Bachelet was sworn in on 11 March for a second four-year term (her first was in 2006-2010). The expectations weighing on Bachelet and her new centre-left administration are considerable. Given her main campaign pledge to redress social inequality in Chile, civil society groups have already announced a “march of marches” in late March in demand of constitutional reform, which Bachelet has said she will embark upon if necessary to deliver her promises. These centre around a major education reform and a related fiscal reform, both of which the returning president has committed to send to congress within her first 100 days.
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- ARGENTINA: New inflation figures unlikely to ease teachers’ strike
- PARAGUAY: Changes at public ministry raise uncomfortable questions for Cartes
- URUGUAY: Mujica’s liberal successes mask one big failure
- BRAZIL: Eduardo vs. Dilma
- BRAZIL: Is Mantega’s smile justified?
- BRAZIL: Primary surplus target cut to measure
- Bachelet and the Mapuche