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Paraguayan Finance Minister Manual Ferreira has asked the IMF to examine whether or not the country has paid a US$10bn historic debt to Brazil for the construction of the Itaipú... 2013-05-03

POLITICAL RISK - Uruguayan Congress Legalises Gay Marriage Uruguay's congress voted in mid-April to legalise same-sex marriage, with both the lower and upper houses approving the legislation... 2013-05-03

The dissident faction of the Partido Justicialista (PJ, Peronists) launched their campaign on May 1 with a stinging rebuke of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and... 2013-05-03

POLITICAL RISK - Leading Centre-Right Candidate Drops Out Of Presidential Race Laurence Golborne, a former minister of mining, and the leading candidate to be the centre-right Coalición... 2013-05-02

A last minute alliance between the Partido Liberal Radical Auténtico (PLRA) and the Union Nacional de Ciudadanos Eticos (UNACE) has the potential to shake-up Paraguay's April... 2013-04-05

Leaders of anti-government factions in Argentina's two largest unions have announced national strikes for teachers in April and May, in line with our view that sporadic protests will... 2013-04-05

Tensions between Uruguay and Argentina have risen steadily in recent weeks, as President José Mujica has been repeatedly criticised Argentina over difficulties in the two... 2013-04-05

President Sebastian Piñera signed a bill in late March granting a 'March-bonus' to seven million low-income families. Under the bill, each beneficiary will receive the equivalent... 2013-04-04

The recently re-elected Democratic Labour Party announced its new cabinet on February 28. The new leadership roster contains no major surprises, though there are changes from the prior... 2013-03-04

Chile’s investigative police, the PDI, issued a report in February that exonerated former president Michelle Bachelet for her role in the government's response to the 2010... 2013-03-01