Global South

On Jan. 4, the island’s government has to pay creditors nearly $1 billion, money it does not have. It is why Congress should change the law that excludes Puerto Rico from bankruptcy…
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So the Venezuelan political system, with all its flaws, is much more democratic than the conventional wisdom has maintained. Now, what about the future?
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First obvious reflection: If Venezuela is a dictatorship, how come the opposition won?
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Washington has been trying to get rid of the Venezuelan government for more than 13 years, going back to the failed military coup of 2002. It has has also supported regime change by…
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Colombia's defense minister said that his agency has asked the U.S., Panama and Ecuador for "international information" to deal with the increasing number of immigrants -- Cubans among…
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The Panamanian government has barred Cubans traveling from Ecuador to the United States from crossing into its territory from Colombia, according to the Costa Rican newspaper La Nación.
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Beginning next Tuesday, Ecuador will demand a visa from every Cuban citizen who wishes to enter its territory, Deputy Foreign Minister Xavier Lasso Mendoza told journalists Thursday in…
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No solution was found Tuesday to the impasse between Nicaragua and Costa Rica over the thousands of U.S.-bound Cuban migrants who have been marooned for several days on the border…
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The election of right-wing candidate Mauricio Macri as Argentina’s president on Sunday, which was unexpected just a few months ago, is a setback for Argentina and for South America.
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There is the another Caribbean blockade. It is the one imposed on Puerto Rico in 1898 by the U.S. It has had really devastating consequences on the island.
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