The Washington Post
Latin America’s upheaval should finally shatter conventional wisdom about the region Instead of detailed analysis, the Washington foreign policy establishment has long been hungry for generalizations about Latin America. Academics call them “heuristics” — quick-and-dirty mental shorthand that can sum up the story line for the region in just a few words. In the ’60s it was Fidel Castro vs. Yankee imperialism. The ’80s were the “lost decade” of economic stagnation. In the ’90s there was the turn to neoliberalism and the Washington Consensus, followed by the “pink tide” of elected left-wingers in the 2000s. Yet the shorthand peddlers may have outlived their usefulness. The region is now facing upheavals that resist easy categorization...... |
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Time
Bolivian President Morales Resigns Granted asylum in Mexico - Jeanine Áñez takes oath as Interim President |
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Global Citizen
New Oil Discoveries Could Reduce Poverty in Guyana — But at What Cost? Guyana, a small country on the coast of South America, is best known for its vast biodiversity and large deposits of gold. But ExxonMobil has now struck a different kind of “gold” more than a dozen times off the country's shores: oil. In September, the company announced its 14th offshore discovery, potentially positioning the country — the second-poorest in South America — to become one of the richest nations in the world. But not, perhaps, without a steep price. ExxonMobil began its drilling expeditions off the shores of Guyana in 2015, and has since made 14 discoveries of the valuable resource. As per its agreement with the local government, the oil giant now expects to produce 120,000 barrels of oil a day — approximately 42 gallons each — in Guyana and will begin oil production by the end of this year, the company announced on Oct. 30..... |
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EurasiaReview
The Republic Of Paraguay And Efforts To Shape Future Of Global Trade (2015-2019) – Analysis In 1991 the Governments of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay established MERCOSUR with the signing of the Treaty of Asuncion, making it South America’s largest multilateral agreement assigned to tackle the commercial, economic and political matters in the continent.
Although Argentina and Brazil aspired to mend ties and establish a greater level of regional cooperation in the fields of commerce, economy and political dialogue; the integration of the Republic of Paraguay within MERCOSUR has been highly partial, with a total lack of coherence shown in the alarming levels of poverty across the nation..... |
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