Study Group: Political Experts (South America)(?)

Mining in Argentina has been growing fast during this commodity boom with exports of almost 8 billion dollars in the last fivre years. The industry enjoyed a specific regulatory regime sanctioned in the 90s where the government committed itself to respect the tax structure and keep it for 30 years....

This is a presidential election year and President Kirchner wants to have inflation below a 10% annual rate. The government first attempted some kind of price controls, or agreements, and when even those failed, it took control of the national statistic agency and tried and did manipulate the index...

IRSA, an argentine real estate company listed on the NYSE (IRS) has announced a partnership with the Miami based real estate company The Related Group run by Cuban-Argentine Jorge Perez.IRSA owns since 1997 seventy hectares (172 acres) of land in an area very close to downtown Buenos Aires and the booming...

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1. The article is important because it reflects the basic political alignments now playing in Latin America. 2. The attempts of the US to counterbalance Chavez's influence in the region seem more complicated than expected. 3. Regional alignments may also give an idea of they way different countries...