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Between accommodation and confrontation: the dilemmas of renegotiating the Brazilian external debt, 1983-1987

ABSTRACT

After a historical revision of the Brazilian foreign debt renegotiation procedures from 1983 to 1987, this article discusses five controversial technical points: the spread’s calculus and restructuring method, internal re-lending of the restructured amortizations, foreign court’s jurisdiction, IMF monitorization, and debt equity conversion.

KEYWORDS:
External debt; debt crisis

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