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Brazil & Southern Cone - February 2018 (ISSN 1741-4431)
An Awkward Republican Hug
The ruling Partido Colorado (ANR-PC) is divided into two main camps. In December, the anti-Cartista faction led by Mario Abdo Benítez triumphed over the ruling rival faction Honor Colorado led by President Horacio Cartes. But ahead of the election in April, both sides must come together and present a united front. They did so through an awkward republican hug; whereby the defeated party embraces the triumphant one in a gesture of reconciliation.
- Introduction
- Brazil’s ‘fake news’ committee fans fears of censorship
- Brazilian investment funds banned from trading Bitcoin
- Bachelet’s legacy
- Renewed tensions between truth and justice in Bachelet’s final months
- Argentina’s reform agenda far from certain
- Technology unlocks ‘Pandora’s Box’ in Paraguay
- An Awkward Republican Hug
- Economic Highlights