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Make credible threats great again
By / Direct military intervention in Venezuela is obviously a controversial topic, yet there should be no controversy surrounding the credible appearance of ...
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Of Beans and Power: A review of Mariano Turzi’s The Political Economy of Agricultural Booms
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Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay account for 76% of world exports of soybean meal and 68% of exports of soybean oil. But as with other natural resources, ...
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No shades of gray: The two sides in Venezuelan politics
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Venezuela isn’t a cheesy soft-porn novel. The international community has to realize there are no shades of gray in Venezuela anymore. For all its flaws, ...
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No, Trump is no Chávez
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Yes, I get the comparison in terms of their rhetorical styles. But the caricature of Chávez as just an uncouth blowhard is downright insulting to ...
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Apocalypse is such a relative term
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So this is what the Pendejo Sin Frontera defense of the revolution has come to: sure, things in Venezuela are bad, but it’s not cataclysmic. That’s what ...
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Argentina’s deal with the devil
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For a moment, it looked like Venezuela’s beleaguered opposition had a powerful new ally in Buenos Aires. But it didn’t take long for principles to give ...
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What’s wrong with a little dialogue?
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The international community is trying to encourage the Venezuelan government and the opposition to sit down to a dialogue. But democratic dialogue ...
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Venezuela’s disappointing opposition
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The new majority in the National Assembly has failed in offering economic alternatives and in confronting Venezuela’s political crisis. Despite being a ...
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In Venezuela, the lights are going out
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Venezuela is, once again, in the throes of a full-blown electricity crisis. Citizens complain of unannounced blackouts are shutting down factories, ...
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