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Colombian Presidential Election: PanAm Post Live Blog

David Unsworth Jun 17, 2018 43

Uribe helped to get a president elected once before: the year was 2010, and the name was Juan Manuel Santos. Now the question is; will Duque and Uribe coordinate strategy together (as Petro's supporters have always alleged), or will Duque be his own man? Of course, 8 years ago, no one would have predicted the cataclysmic Uribe/Santos rupture that…

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Why Gustavo Petro’s Newfound Faith in Free Markets Won’t Fool Colombia

David Unsworth Jun 15, 2018 200

Just as in the United States, culturally the Colombian Left has moved considerably to the left over the past few years. At the heart of their newfound aggressive ideology are their concepts of class struggle and social justice. "Petristas" as they are commonly known in Spanish, see the state as the means to address all manner of social, economic,…

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US Confiscates $800 Million From Diosdado Cabello, and Deports his Daughter

Sabrina Martín Jun 14, 2018 3,162

United States sanctions against the corrupt regime of Nicolás Maduro have begun to bear fruit, following the confiscation of roughly USD $800 million in assets belonging to Venezuelan strongman Diosdado Cabello. Widely regarded to be the second most powerful player in Venezuela, Cabello has longstanding links to drug trafficking. The recent event…

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Colombian Presidential Election: PanAm Post Live Blog

David Unsworth Jun 17, 2018 43

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The Supposed Constitutional “Reform” in Cuba is Only Cosmetic

Mamela Fiallo Jun 7, 2018 237

Concerns have arisen about the intentions of constitutional reform on the island, which takes place under the auspices of a single party system, where the heir of president for life, Raul Castro, is the chairman of the commission created to oversee the efforts. Of course, this commission takes into consideration neither any kind of electoral…

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The Nisman Murder: The Darkest Chapter in Argentina’s Kirchner Era

Marcelo Duclos Jun 6, 2018 330

Last year, the National Police presented their expert reports confirming that the death was the result of a homicide, so the recent decision by the court is hardly a surprise. Nisman's former partner, and the mother of his daughters, Sandra Arroyo Salgado, maintained from the beginning the thesis that it was a homicide. However, during the end of…

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Colombian Presidential Election: PanAm Post Live Blog

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Why Gustavo Petro’s Newfound Faith in Free Markets Won’t Fool Colombia

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US Confiscates $800 Million From Diosdado Cabello, and Deports his Daughter

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The Supposed Constitutional “Reform” in Cuba is Only Cosmetic

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Why Gustavo Petro’s Newfound Faith in Free Markets Won’t Fool Colombia

David Unsworth Jun 15, 2018 200

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US Confiscates $800 Million From Diosdado Cabello, and Deports his Daughter

Sabrina Martín Jun 14, 2018

United States sanctions against the corrupt regime of Nicolás Maduro have begun to bear fruit, following the…

North America

Freemasons and the Struggle for Liberty

José Azel Jun 13, 2018

Freemasonry is not a political party or a religion, although its beliefs have been influenced by 18th and 19th …

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Colombia: Mockus and López Back Petro, Demonstrating Populism at its Finest

Miguel Ángel Camacho Jun 12, 2018 187

However, this alliance exemplifies ideological hypocrisy and incongruity, since López and Petro decided to modify their positions in order to seal their alliance. A candidate who once claimed that "Álvaro Uribe and Gustavo Petro are the closest thing we have to populism in Colombia" and that the candidate of Colombia Humana represents the extreme…

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Venezuela: Polar Buys Rights to World Cup and Broadcasts All Games for Free

Sabrina Martín Jun 12, 2018

Polar, which has been one of the few companies to survive the onslaught of the Nicolás Maduro regime, and has also…

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Latin American Wound Collectors: It is Time to Move on From the Past

José Azel Jun 12, 2018

“Wound Collectors” is a term coined by former FBI special agent Joe Navarro in his book “Hunting Terrorism: A look…

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Argentina: The City of Rosario Pays Shameful Tribute to Che Guevara on his 90th Birthday

Marcelo Duclos Jun 11, 2018 464

The Argentine guerrilla Ernesto Che Guevara was born in the city of Rosario, in the province of Santa Fe. Today, on the ninetieth anniversay of his birth, the Socialist Party and the mayor Monica Fein have prepared a series of tributes which are certain to draw upon a completely false version of the seminal political figure, and foster erroneous…

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