Mario Osava

MERCOSUR-TRADE: New Auto Battle Between Brazil and Argentina

A dispute involving the booming trade in motor vehicles has broken out again between Brazil and Argentina after the World Trade Organization (WTC) rejected import quotas imposed by Brazil four months ago.

MERCOSUR-TRADE: New Auto Battle Between Brazil and Argentina

By Mario Osava

A dispute involving the booming trade in motor vehicles has broken out again between Brazil and Argentina after the World Trade Organization (WTC) rejected import quotas imposed by Brazil four months ago.

BRAZIL: Violence Begins at Home with Parents Mistreating Children

By Mario Osava

Violence, especially in large cities, begins at home, where parents are used to mistreating their own children, new studies completed here have shown.

BRAZIL: Violence Begins in the Home

By Mario Osava

Violence, especially in large cities, begins at home, where parents are used to mistreating their own children, new studies completed here have shown.

BRAZIL: Fear of Social Unrest Revives Land Reform

By Mario Osava

Over the last 30 years, the issue of agrarian reform has frequently burst onto the Brazilian political scene, almost always associated with high levels of violence, as is occurring today.

BRAZIL: Families of ‘Disappeared’ Victims Demand Explanations

By Mario Osava

Family members of "disappeared" victims of Brazil's 1964-85 de facto military regime refused to accept compensation payments from the government, demanding that the circumstances of the abductions and murders first be cleared up.

LATIN AMERICA-SPORTS: Brazil’s New Attitude Towards the Region

By Mario Osava

Brazil seems to be facing the American Football Cup currently being disputed in Uruguay with a new attitude, which could reflect a change in its relationship with the rest of Latin America, a greater openness.

MERCOSUR: Trade Row Highlights Need for Dispute-Settling Mechanisms

By Mario Osava

President Juan Carlos Wasmosy of Paraguay raised a lone voice during this week's economic summit of Southern Cone Common Market (MERCOSUR) countries, stressing the need for judicial and legislative dispute-settling mechanisms.

MERCOSUR: Brazil’s Negotiators Could Have Played their Cards Better

By Mario Osava

The crisis in the Southern Cone Common Market (MERCOSUR), triggered by quotas on automobile imports announced by Brazil, reveals poor moves made by that country in the poker game of relations within the subregional bloc.

MSG055G/01E BRAZIL: Proposed Social Security Reform a Political Risk

By Mario Osava

The Brazilian government has decided to run the political risk of promoting a major reform of the social security system - a move that will bring it head-to-head with specific sectors and the population in general.

ECONOMY-BRAZIL: Mexican Crisis Sparks Criticism of Exchange Policy

By Mario Osava

Brazil's exchange rate policy, already the most controversial part of the country's economic recovery programme, is now suffering stepped-up pressure since Mexico recently decided to devaluate its peso and freeze prices.

MERCOSUR: A Tardy Response to a New Economic Era

By Mario Osava

The Southern Cone Common Market (MERCOSUR) is a response to the needs of a new economic era that President-elect Fernando Henrique Cardoso claims Brazil was late in recognising.

TECHNOLOGY: Brazil to Seek Freer Access at Summit of the Americas

By Mario Osava

Brazil will reiterate its demand for freer access to state-of-the-art technology this weekend at the Summit of the Americas.

BRAZIL-FINANCE: Snags in Economic Plan Increase Tensions

By Mario Osava

Brazil's economic stabilisation plan will face a period of storms and uncertainty towards the end of the year, judging from the tension in the air, both within and beyond the government of President Itamar Franco.

MSG074G/01 LATIN AMERICA: Rio Group, Parlatino Advocte Community of Nations

By Mario Osava

After studying a Latin American Parliament (Parlatino) proposal for regional integration, the Rio Group's Technical Working Group recommended the formation of a Latin American Community of Nations by the end of 1995.