A Turning Point in Argentina’s Alberto Nisman Case?
For the first time a judicial official has affirmed what many suspected: Alberto Nisman was murdered.
Natasha Zaretsky
February 25, 2016
What Bolivia’s “No” vote means for its political future
Whatever you may think of Evo Morales and his time in power, Bolivian voters’ narrow rejection of a constitutional amendment to allow him to run again is a good thing for the country’s politics and even Morales’ legacy.
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February 24, 2016
Venezuela President “Gets a Facebook”
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro finally joined Facebook. It didn’t go so well.
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February 22, 2016
That’s not how I imagined olympics fever
Together with the current economic recession, a hovering corruption scandal, a potential presidential impeachment and now the WHO declaration of a global emergency over the Zika virus, Brazil seems to be taking more than it can handle.
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February 19, 2016
Evo Morales and the MAS’s future
After 11 years in power and the prospect of another four, what will come after Evo Morales and how his MAS will adapt to changing electoral patterns remains democracy’s biggest question in Bolivia.
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February 18, 2016
Entrevista con Jesús Armas
Según Consejal Jesus Armas, “Ya no es una lucha entre gobierno y oposición, sino que, se ha convertido en una lucha entre el pueblo y un gobierno que nos ha empobrecido.”
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February 16, 2016
Colombia’s Hope for Peace
The peace deal with the FARC is not an automatic remedy for the consequences and collateral damage of Colombia’s violent past, but failure to approve it in the popular referendum would be disastrous to the country.
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February 14, 2016
Excuse me ma’am, could you hold my spot in line?
At what point is a country considered in crisis? Is it when basic goods aren’t available? Is it when citizens must choose between “having a life” or waiting endless hours in “colas” (lines) to go shopping for the little that’s left?
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February 12, 2016
Beyond the Zapata scandal: outsourcing Bolivia’s national development to China
Personal contacts and questionable contracts between the government and the Chinese company CAMC Engineering reveal both the problems with public procurement in Bolivia and how far Chinese companies have advanced in the country.
Evan Ellis
February 12, 2016
The transition has only just begun in Venezuela
The December 6, 2015 elections brought positive change for Venezuela, but this is only the beginning in a long process that is likely to be complicated and in which a positive outcome is far from guaranteed.
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February 11, 2016