In Venezuela, the lights are going out

Venezuela is, once again, in the throes of a full-blown electricity crisis. Citizens complain of unannounced blackouts are shutting down factories, forcing shopping malls to close early, and otherwise wreaking havoc on an already-sputtering economy.

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China goes global with development banks

In just over a decade, China has become a global leader in development finance. China has established a number of bilateral and multilateral funds across the world, in addition to two policy banks. China has also led efforts to establish new multilateral development banks that promise to provide significant financing capabilities into the regime as well.

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La inevitabilidad de Lagos

Si la NM esperaba darse un festín destacando los malos recuerdos del gobierno de Piñera, la candidatura de Lagos abrirá muchos flancos para que la derecha cuestione los escándalos de corrupción ocurridos en el sexenio de Lagos y las decisiones controversiales, como el Transantiago y la extensión del crédito fiscal a las universidades privadas usando a los bancos como intermediarios.

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Una ley pro-filtraciones

Aunque en teoría lo que busca esta ley mordaza pudiera ser justificado, los motivos que llevaron al gobierno a proponer y al Senado a votar a favor de esa reforma desnudan evidentes conflictos de interés y parecen consistentes con la crítica de que es una reforma con nombre y apellido cuyo objetivo es bloquear las investigaciones a financiamiento irregular de campañas.

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5 myths about Cuba

President Obama’s historic trip to Cuba this past week returned U.S. and world attention to the small Caribbean island of 11 million people and the long, curious history between it and the United States. It’s hard to think of a similarly sized country that has had such a memorable, tumultuous, often romantic hold on U.S. history and imagination.

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