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Latin American Wound Collectors: It is Time to Move on From the Past
“Wound Collectors” is a term coined by former FBI special agent Joe Navarro in his book “Hunting Terrorism: A look at the Psychopathology of Terror,” and further discussed in several of his Psychology Today articles. Mr. Navarro defines…
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Nicaragua Perfectly Exemplifies How Socialism Can Only be Maintained by Force
The past century and a half have clearly demonstrated that people do not want socialism. They will, in fact, risk their very lives to flee it. As Europe lay in ruins in the waning days of World War II, and Great Britain, the United States,…
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Why Ivan Duque Will Win the Colombian Presidency in a Landslide
Centro Democratico presidential candidate Ivan Duque won 39% of the vote in this weekend's Colombian first round presidential election, besting leftist former Bogota mayor Gustavo Petro by 14%. However, he is all but certain to expand upon…
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The Supposed Constitutional “Reform” in Cuba is Only Cosmetic
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…
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The Nisman Murder: The Darkest Chapter in Argentina’s Kirchner Era
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…
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Colombian Presidential Elections: Why Petro’s New Strategy Won’t Work
The most worrying thing of all is that the Petro is neither a moderate leftist, nor a social democrat. He openly speaks with major media outlets, which have offered him significant coverage, about expropriation. He has even mentioned which…
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Mexico: Can Lopez Obrador Lose?
Ricardo Anaya should return, during what remains of the campaign, to the issues that highlight the freedom, responsibility, and ability of the citizenry to make their own economic decisions, guaranteeing respect for their own choices in…
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A Tale of Three Revolutions
In Cuban education, the French Revolution was emphasized and the American Revolution was not studied as a revolution at all. It was mostly considered a war for independence of little worldwide sociopolitical intellectual consequence. The…
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New York Times Hit Piece on Uribe Latest Attempt to Influence Colombian Election
As author Nicholas Casey himself notes, "the diplomats say they did not find hard evidence to back the accusations they received" despite having "spent years collecting them and expressing concerns to American officials and diplomats."
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Is Life Getting Better?
And, in the case of my title “Is Life Getting Better?” a negative answer would certainly be wrong. Life is definitely getting better. That is a central theme in Steven Pinker’s book “Enlightenment Now,” particularly with regard to his…
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Why No one Washes a Rental Car
“In the history of the world, no one has ever washed a rented car.” That saying, attributed to the economist Lawrence Summers, former President of Harvard, is a delightful metaphor for the relevancy of a culture of private property…
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Mauricio Macri Needs to Hold the Line in Argentina: Don’t Become another Kirchner
Kirchner, of course, presided over a cesspool of corruption, and ransacked the nation with her merry band of loyal socialist thugs, many of whom are now in prison, or awaiting trial on numerous corruption charges. She herself, as well as…
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