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L’epidemia latinoamericana tra corruzione e dati falsati

Alberto De Filippis Jul 1, 2020

L'America Latina è l’ultimo epicentro della pandemia di coronavirus. I numeri sono cresciuti in modo esponenziale soprattutto in Perù. I media internazionali attaccano a testa basta, e forse giustamente, il “negazionista” presidente…

COVID-19 vs. the Fourth Transformation: dealing with a pandemic in AMLO’s Mexico

David Mares Jun 30, 2020

On June 24th, Mexican Undersecretary of Health Hugo Lopez-Gatel reported that coronavirus cases would peak this week, that the pandemic would end in Mexico in October, and that Mexican cases had been on a plateau for 22 days already. He…

Le guerre di Bolsonaro al tempo del coronavirus

Paolo Manzo Jun 30, 2020

In Brasile sono in atto da due mesi quattro “guerre” senza esclusioni di colpi figlie delle crisi, sociale ed economica, causate dal coronavirus. La prima per il controllo dei vertici della Polizia Federale con il presidente: Jair Messias…

Brazil and the economics of the virus

Nicola Bilotta Jun 30, 2020

2020 was supposed to be a year of renaissance for Brazil. Since 2015, the largest economy of South America has been stagnating, with GDP dropping by 3.6% in 2015 and by 3.4% in 2016, and only slowly recovering between 2017 and 2019. In…