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Weekly Report - 2 June 2011 (WR-11-22)
BRAZIL: PMDB holds Rousseff hostage over Palocci
The Partido do Movimiento Democrático Brasileiro (PMDB) is taking advantage of President Dilma Rousseff's young government's first fully fledged institutional crisis, involving the minister of the presidency, Antonio Palocci, to make its case for increased representation and a greater say in government.
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- EL SALVADOR: Funes under pressure to deliver
- NICARAGUA: Ortega's pledges bear fruit
- VENEZUELA: Tweeting away on his last knee
- PERU: Humala appears to arrest Fujimori's momentum
- URUGUAY: Mujica moves to regain momentum
- BRAZIL: PMDB holds Rousseff hostage over Palocci
- TRACKING TRENDS
- ARGENTINA: While some wait, others decidedly move on
- TRACKING TRENDS
- MEXICO: Avila splits PRD, but at what cost?
- Puerto Rico to be graced by presidential visit
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