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Maduro’s re-election and the US reaction

Venezuela’s election on May 20th drew world attention, not simply to what is happening in the country, but also to how the US will respond to events in Venezuela. The country is suffering a disastrous economic collapse, and a political…

Il Brasile che cresce di notte

Nel famoso libro “India Grows At Night: A Liberal Case for A Strong State” di Gurcharan Das, si dice che l’India cresce di notte proprio perchĂ© l’unico contributo del governo è quello, durante il giorno, di intralciare lo sviluppo economico…

The corruption curse across Latin America

Few people would have imagined even four or five years ago that dozens of political leaders from across Latin America would be languishing in jail today, or would be fighting charges of having plundered state coffers for personal gain,…