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Brazil & Southern Cone - May 2018 (ISSN 1741-4431)
Introduction
The theme of our May edition of the Regional Report: Brazil and Southern Cone is challenging the status quo.... Read More
Brazil
Brazil’s national public health service, the Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS), is celebrating its 30th year of existence in 2018.... Read More
More than two months after the assassination of Marielle Franco, a 38 year-old city councilwoman from Rio de Janeiro, many Brazilians continue to ask: ‘Who killed Marielle?’ On 14 March, Franco and her driver, Anderson Gomes, were shot dead in the central neighbourhood of Estácio Rio de Janeiro, when driving home after taking part in a public debate about empowering black women.... Read More
Argentina
When Valentina Ramallo came up with the idea for her Valu Ramallo bakery business, she knew the product side: she’d been making cakes for years.... Read More
Uruguay
Sleepy Uruguay may not be the first country most people associate with entrepreneurship.... Read More
Chile
“Welcome to Chile!” proclaimed newly-re-elected President Sebastián Piñera (2010-2014; March 2018-present) before a crowd of migrants at the Estadio Víctor Jara in Santiago on 23 April.... Read More
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- Introduction
- Brazil’s health system: in need of life support?
- Marielle Franco assassination shakes Brazil’s troubled democracy
- Conditions improve for entrepreneurs, but resilience remains a must
- Uruguay flirts with entrepreneurship
- Piñera’s immigration crackdown targets Haitians and Venezuelans
- Economic Highlights