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Brazil’s enormously high interest rates cause serious, unnecessary damage to the economy
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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Venezuela needs honest mediation, not OAS intervention
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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Oscar Lopez Rivera: The freedom fighter U.S. colonial violence produced
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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Dominican Republic signs trade agreement with Cuba
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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From bad to worse for Puerto Rico
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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The Ugly American[i] on his throne
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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Raúl to Trump: Respect Cuba’s sovereignty and we can continue to talk
Raúl Castro: "I wish to express Cuba's willingness to continue to negotiate the pending bilateral issues with the United States on the basis of equality, reciprocity, and respect for…
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Obama commutes sentence for political prisoner Oscar López Rivera
President Obama has commuted the sentence of Oscar López Rivera, a victory for the Puerto Rican independence activist who is considered to be one of the world’s longest-serving…
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U.S.: Misery of democracy
The second debate between presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump was the chilling demonstration of insubstantiality, frivolity and even vulgarity that characterizes…
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Colombia is a mirror
The world was struck dumb by the news that the Colombians had rejected the peace accord reached between the government and the FARC-EP guerrillas. But the truly transcendental fact is…
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