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 …showed first 75 words of 296 total…

…showed last 75 words of 296 total…made the investors nervous, and thus the loan that IMF is lending to Brazil covers the term of the current government. From this article I get the clear picture of the politics in Brazil that the foreign debts drive the policies of the government, and the possibility of a change in the government which makes the investors nervous; the foreign debt continues to steers the economy in the direction of a not very bright future.