... the traditional parties. On the other hand, we have the case of Venezuela. Similarly to Colombia, the Venezuelan transition to democracy started with the signing of an agreement. In this case, it was the "Punto Fijo" agreement, signed in 1958 by the two most prominent democratic parties AD and COPEI. As a result of this accord, the two parties consolidated ... until very recently, the democratic parties were able to dominate the Venezuelan government. However, as the major countries of Latin America worked their way out from authoritarianism through "transition" to democracy, and hopef...

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... continent of South America and the fifth largest continent in the world. Home to the Amazon rain forest, Brazil is full of natural resources and agricultural land. History and culture runs deep in this country, but the past is full of economic turmoil and uncertainty. In the late 1990's ... growth, Brazil has always been a country deep in debt and riddled with poverty. Nearly a quarter of all people living in urban centers were living on less that a dollar a day, and by the mid 1980's, when democracy returned to Brazil, debt was in the $100 billions. Through the 1980's and ... recent ...

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... a newly emerged economic powerhouse - currently holding the 6th largest economy by nominal GDP, according to CNN Money. Brazil is also the largest country by territory in South/Latin America and 5th largest country by region in the world. As of now, Brazil is ready to leave its emerging market status and become one of the most developed countries on earth. This paper ... /investments and privatizing state industries. Consequently, these policies generated ambitious multinationals corporations – now working side by side with the government. For example Petrobras (Figure 2) became the lar...

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