Asuncion's options in trade relationships are constrained by geography.

Efforts to link Brazil's interior with the coast will not solve all of its transportation problems.

Financial and political constraints will make it harder for many governments to maintain balance in the coming months.

This is an internal Stratfor document listing significant meetings and events for the next week.

The country's economic interests could threaten the unity of Mercosur.

The government hopes an increased focus on ethanol will ease growing demand for gasoline.

Generational changes worldwide will be hard to deny in 2013.

Amid high demands and continued rebel attacks, Colombia has been courting Brazil to join the negotiations.

The Geopolitical Calendar is an internal Stratfor document listing significant meetings and events for the next week.

The United States may come under further pressure to reduce ethanol mandates as the price of corn increases.