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Weekly Report - 06 October 2016 (WR-16-39)
REGION: Temer visits Buenos Aires and Asunción
Brazil’s President Michel Temer, Argentina’s Mauricio Macri and Paraguay’s Horacio Cartes are singing from the same hymn sheet on regional integration in the Southern Common Market (Mercosur). All three this week advocated more flexible trading frameworks for the four founding members (which also includes Uruguay) without rupturing the bloc’s overall unity. Institutional strengthening is also high on the agenda. Fifth member Venezuela has been relegated.
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- VENEZUELA: Debate rages over the next VP
- ECUADOR: Ruling AP selects presidential candidate
- BRAZIL: PT and PMDB suffer electoral setbacks
- REGION: Temer visits Buenos Aires and Asunción
- CHILE: Bachelet presents ‘austere’ budget
- TRACKING TRENDS
- MEXICO: Mexico City fights against budget cuts
- EL SALVADOR: Spectre of default looms
- GUATEMALA: Corruption complications drag on for Morales
- Peru’s Kuczynski earns congressional breakthrough
- Quotes of the week