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Español Guillermo Lasso, the opposition candidate for the presidency in Ecuador, announced that if he assumes power he will withdraw his country from the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of our America (ALBA). Lasso added that…
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Español On Monday, March 6, the Chilean Foreign Ministry convened the ambassadors of Cuba, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Venezuela to present a formal complaint for their support for Bolivia in its long-running maritime dispute with Chile.…
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EspañolEvo Morales, president of Bolivia, returned to Cuba to continue his medical treatment after attending the memorial ceremony for the four year anniversary of the death of Hugo Chavez and the 14th Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance…
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EspañolWe appear to be in for a rough year in 2015, and this will be especially true in those Latin-American countries that have adopted their own version of 21st-century socialism. Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Argentina, Nicaragua, and…
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EspañolOn Sunday, more than 200 young Nicaraguans — who were studying in Venezuela on scholarships — were suddenly forced to return home, because the Venezuelan government could no longer afford the program. They were studying at the ELAM…
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EspañolThe first 14 years of this century have featured, like never before, the governments of the Americas trampling on the sacred right to democracy and forgoing and defense of representative democracy — both guaranteed with great fanfare…
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EspañolOn April 28, 2011, the presidents of Mexico, Colombia, Peru, and Chile met in Lima, Peru, to highlight the progress that the four countries had achieved in terms of development, inclusive economic growth, productive employment,…
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EspañolWhen assessing the current state of radical collectivist and authoritarian governments in the continent, there is no doubt that the Cuban regime is enjoying one of the most favorable periods of its long history. The governments of…
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EspañolSince the 12th Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance (ALBA) was held last July in Ecuador, Nicolás Maduro has been pushing to integrate Mercosur, Petrocaribe, CARICOM, and ALBA into a "powerful economic area of shared development" —…
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EspañolIt is no wonder that polarization and populism, two prevailing evils that cause devastating effects on Latin America's democratic development, have such success in a small and underdeveloped country such as Honduras. Together with…
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EspañolThe economic situation for the Sandinista government of Nicaragua compares favorably to that of the other Central American countries. Daniel Ortega’s administration is set to finish 2013 with 4.4 percent economic growth, and a recent…
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Chavez created a bloc of nations that came to stand as an instance of power in Latin America. Lately, however, there have been some events that are rapidly weakening the ALBA... Read More »
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