Brazil_and_IMF

Brazil and IMF Introduction to Comparative Politics Newspaper Analysis Assignment Brazil tightens belt to win $15bn loan This article fits very well into the General context of how the Latin American countries mould their policies according to the conditions set by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and to please the IMF for granting loans to these countries. This article is about the Brazilian Government trying to get a $15 billion standby loan; the finance minister has announced raising the target for country’s budget surplus to 3.5% up from 3% of the national economy. The article clearly indicates that this measure has been taken to get the loan from the IMF. Also the generalizations discusses in class for the politics and economics of the region hold very true, the observers believe that this would make Brazil act as a buffer to other Latin countries against the economic crisis of Argentina which is mentioned to brazil, countries, imf, foreign, debts, article, very, politics, loan, latin, government, possibility, policies, off, nervous, investors, economy, economies, debt, class, change, about, , win, trying, true, tightens, thus, theses, term, target, taken, surplus, steers, standby, stabilizing, set, region, raising, political, please, picture, paying, pay, observers, newspaper, national, mould, monetary, minister, mentioned