Global South

Clearly, Chavism is not a perfect form of governance; it has been unable to shed the corruption and inefficacy that are endemic in Venezuelan politics and has been powerless to…
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Last Wednesday (Sept. 13), Donald Trump met with Democratic leaders of Congress to reach a legislative accord that might protect the DREAMers, undocumented youths who came to the United…
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Last week, President Donald Trump added Venezuela to the list of countries upon which the United States might unleash its military might. The threat came out of nowhere and even the…
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The Brazilian right spawned the coup against the regional governments of the Workers' Party but now doesn't know what to do with its own government. The left produced Lula and the right…
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The Right in Brazil likes to complain about taxes, but they don’t seem to have any problem with the biggest and most economically destructive tax of all: the exorbitant interest rates…
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The OAS has no positive role to play in resolving the political crisis in Venezuela. By now it should be clear that the organization is currently an instrument of those who simply want…
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The opposition to Oscar Lopez Rivera is focused either on those who are terribly misinformed, characterizing him as an "ultranationalist," "terrorist," "murderer," "communist," or all…
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The Dominican Republic has signed a Partial Scope agreement with Cuba in an effort to boost economic, trade and cooperation between both countries.
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The action taken by the U.S. Congress to counteract Puerto Rico's deep and prolonged recession has led to an even more severe debt crisis. Reflecting the standard colonialist view,…
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Last week Donald Trump launched his version of the Manhattan Project against the U.S. Constitution. This week he went after allies. His stupidity lies in the fact that both the Mexican…
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