... BRIC countries Fernando Henrique Cardoso Bolsa Família United States pre-salt oil ethanol Petrosal 43 Speculation abounds, both in Brazil and abroad, about the directions that Brazil will take under President Dilma Rousseff. Such curiosity is natural considering that the country...

... Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Venezuela Hugo Chávez Rio Branco Celso Amorim Itamar Franco Fernando Henrique Cardoso Brazilian foreign policy Mercosul 53 Lula has regarded regional involvement as a means to strengthen Brazilian industry for global competition and to establish his...

... Fernando Henrique Cardoso reform BRIC Itamar Franco Plano Real Social Emergency Fund Brazilian Social Democracy Party Fiscal Responsibility Law 47 After the military rule and the ineffectual civilian governments that the coun- try endured from 1964 to 1994, Brazil has turned...

... of California Brazil BRIC Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Fernando Henrique Cardoso Workers' Party Henrique Meirelles Bolsa Família reform José Sarney oil 43 As he began the last year of his final term in office, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was well satisfied. When he...

... reserved. 2001 The Regents of the University of California Peronist Argentina Fernando De la Rua Néstor Kirchner Carlos Saúl Menem Union Civica Radical FREPASO democracy Juan Peron Buenos Aires 86 On December 10, 2003, Argentine democracycelebrated its twentieth anniversary...

..., the muddle that is Argentine politics, and a dispirited and politically disaffected populace. © 2003 Current History. All rights reserved. 2003 The Regents of the University of California Argentina Brazil currency board Fernando de la Rua devaluation Eduardo Duhalde economy IMF Carlos...