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To participate or not to participate: The Venezuelan opposition’s Hamlet moment

Christopher Sabatini | October 12, 2021

Once again Venezuela’s democratic opposition finds itself in an electoral dilemma. This time, though, it’s not (entirely) of their own doing. The moral ...
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It’s Only Bananas? A Global Americans Review of Richard L. Bernal’s “Corporate versus National Interest in U.S. Trade Policy: Chiquita and Caribbean Bananas”

Scott B. MacDonald | August 10, 2021

One does not usually think of bananas as big business, let alone as a factor in the fate of nations.
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Patience running thin in Guyana

Wazim Mowla | July 22, 2020

The international community’s patience is running thin as Guyana’s incumbent government continues to abuse the judiciary in its last attempt to stay in power.
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Will a trade agreement between Mercosur and the EU finally come true?

Nicolás Albertoni | June 19, 2019

After almost a quarter of a century of negotiations, a trade agreement between Mercosur and the EU could be signed soon. But the electoral uncertainty in ...
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Venezuela: When dialogue is agony

Nicolás Albertoni and Victoria Gaytán | February 7, 2019

In confronting an autocrat intent on remaining in power, empty dialogue only prolongs the agony of the Venezuelan people. Will the Montevideo Mechanism ...
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Mercosur’s FTA with the European Union: Closer than ever before

Nicolás Albertoni | February 16, 2018

If negotiations over the proposed agreement between the two trade blocs succeed, it could become the most important bi-regional trade agreement in the world.
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