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Let’s hope Donald Trump is a liar

Patricio Navia | November 17, 2016

If President Donald J. Trump delivers on his most important campaign promises, the United States will fall into an economic recession.
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Pained reflections on a Trump victory

Christopher Sabatini | November 10, 2016

If rhetoric and precedent are any indication, President-elect Donald Trump is about to do great damage, not just to U.S. national interests in the ...
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Is Donald Trump a Peronist?

Alejandro Corbacho and Jorge Streb | November 3, 2016

Trump’s ability to shatter the postwar bipartisan consensus, his personalistic style and his resentment of a free press have made Argentines wonder: has ...
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The still-slumbering giant in a Southern swing state: Hispanic voters

Greg Weeks | November 2, 2016

Will this be the year that Hispanic voters mobilize and vote Democrat in the all-important swing state of North Carolina?
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Why Hillary Clinton is the preferred choice in the Great White North

John Parisella | October 20, 2016

Trump’s desire to scrap or unilaterally change NAFTA would upset the supply-chain economy as Canadians and Americans know it.
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Behind the “No:” a lesson in political participation from Colombia’s plebiscite

Gabe Velez and Atticus Ballesteros | October 12, 2016

The October 2nd plebiscite and its stunningly low voter turnout demonstrated the inherent weaknesses of popular referenda and the need to think creatively ...
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Can the same thing happen here? Lessons from Colombia and Brexit

Javier Corrales and Daniel Altschuler | October 6, 2016

There are a number of parallels between the shocking vote results in Colombia and the UK and the current U.S. presidential election. Could a similar ...
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The regional agenda for the next U.S. president—and why Trump needs to listen

Chris Sabatini & Amy Williams | October 4, 2016

With new market friendly governments in Argentina, Peru and Brazil and a looming collapse in Venezuela now is not the time for the U.S. to retrench its ...
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