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Latin America Fears Trade War as China Retaliates for Trump Tariffs
The free flow of Argentine and Brazilian steel and aluminum will help to control domestic construction costs, as well as prevent any potential retaliatory measures in oil and gas exploration for American companies. For now, the metal…
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Lopez Obrador Could Still Lose Presidential Election in Mexico
This past weekend formally marked the launch of the presidential campaign season in Mexico, which will conclude next Sunday, July 1, when some 88 million Mexicans will vote for more than 3,400 positions, including all members of the Chamber…
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The macabre relationship between Marxism and psychoanalysis
After Max Horkheimer assumed the direction of the institute in 1930, he shifted investigations that until then were concentrated in the socioeconomic analysis of bourgeois society. This German Marxist intellectual, following the line of…
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Ricky Gervais on Netflix: defending freedom of speech in comedy
The show 'Humanity' is not an ode to humanity, it’s the opposite. A necessary criticism about the way in which humor is being received. Ricky Gervais bets on freedom as the cornerstone of comedy. A brilliant return, without a doubt. It is…
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‘Madman’ Theory in the age of Trump
Machiavellianism is a term often used to characterize unscrupulous politicians of the sort Niccolo Machiavelli described in “The Prince.” But, Machiavelli’s writings were also inspirational to the political philosophy of the…
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Brazil: Temer Considers Run For Full Term, Lula Likely Headed to Jail
Brazil's deeply unpopular centrist president Michel Temer threw a wrench into Brazilian political prognostications this weekend, when he suggested in a magazine interview with Istoe that he was considering running for a full term in the…
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A Cuban’s Warning to Parkland Survivors About the Dangers of Gun Control
The debate on gun control is being led by the young survivors of the last school shooting. Among them, a young woman of Cuban descent who has a Cuban flag patch on her jacket. A fact that generates discomfort among the exiles who fled a…
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Is the United States a Despotic Democracy?
Soft despotism is not as obvious as hard despotism. It gives us the illusion of being in control; it degrades us rather than persecutes us. It often takes the form of a state within a state (imperium in imperio) where an internal…
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RaĂşl Castro: From Dictator to Puppet Master of Cuba’s Next Government
It is less than a month before RaĂşl Castro officially leaves power in Cuba and his successor is still unknown, which raises the question of whether the succession will merely serve as an instrument to perpetuate the tenure of RaĂşl, heir of…
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Does Nicolas Maduro really want to be reelected?
His attempt at re-establishing legitimacy does not resonate inside the country or abroad, and some analysts fear a “day-after collapse” from a fake reelection.
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Venezuela: Dollarization takes central stage
Dollarization is not the panacea, but is a first step, insufficient without doubt, but necessary to restore credibility
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Petro is offering a “trojan horse” to Colombia, says economist Daniel Lacalle
Economist Daniel Lacalle says leftists like Gustavo Petro "use Scandinavia because it appears to be socialist, when in fact these countries are leaders in economic freedom, respect of private property, private banking, and free enterprise.…
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