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A collection of articles and videos looking at Venezuela
A collection of articles and videos about Politics in Brazil
Chile - politics, history
A collection of articles and videos about Politics in Brazil - 2018 Presidential election
A collection of articles and videos about the "Lava Jato"(car wash) political scandal, and reform in Brazil
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Democracy in Latin America. Chile’s crisis is not over yet

Political tumult is now the norm in the country | The Americas (2024)


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Chile is still haunted by the coup in September 1973

Latin American history. Half a century later. Chile is still haunted by the coup in 1973, and is at odds over how to mark it. Gabriel Boric, th... (2023)


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Protests in Colombia derail an important tax reform | The Economist

The unpopular bill was going to be Iván Duque’s legacy | The Americas (2021)


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Italy needs to be handled with care - Panic, but not yet - The Economist (2018)

DURING the worst days of the euro-zone debt crisis, the fear was that bond-market turmoil in places such as Greece and Spain would spread to Italy.... (2018)


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What causes financial crises? - The Economist explains economics

This week “The Economist explains” is given over to economics. For each of six days until Saturday, this blog will publish a short explainer on a s... (2018)


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What is political risk? - The Economist explains

AFTER the surprise decision of Britain to leave the European Union, and the election of Donald Trump as American president, there is a lot more tal... (2018)


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How Brazil’s Michel Temer is clinging on to power - The Economist explains

IN MAY O Globo, a Brazilian newspaper, reported that Michel Temer, Brazil’s president, had been caught on tape at his official residence discussing... (2018)


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Brazil’s Crisis: How Fighting Corruption Could Imperil Political Stability - The New York Times

President Temer may be ousted just like his predecessor, Dilma Rousseff, prompting fears the country’s political institutions may struggle to regai... (2017)


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Nicaraguan leader Ortega proposes more mediation to help end bloodshed | Miami Herald

In an interview with CNN en Español and the Miami Herald, Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega said expanding mediation could help end violence and de... (2018)


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Brazil engulfed in a corruption scandal with plots as convoluted as a telenovela

The Operation Car Wash investigation has been going on for more than three years, snaring billionaire corporate chieftains for paying bribes to win... (2017)


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Venezuela Is in the Midst of an Unprecedented Crisis

This CFR Backgrounder looks at Venezuela's humanitarian crisis. President Nicolas Maduro’s efforts to consolidate power amid a deepening econom... (2017)


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Imperfect Union: The Eurozone in Crisis - Full Episode

After WWI, Europe's leaders established greater economic ties to help prevent future continental conflict. Now, more than half a century later, the... (2018)


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How the euro caused the Greek crisis

Greece is in a state of economic and financial crisis that's dominated global headlines this week. Vox's Matt Yglesias explains the real roots of t... (2018)


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Nationalism vs Globalism: the new political divide | Yuval Noah Harari - TED Talks

TED Published on Feb 21, 2017 How do we make sense of today's political divisions? In a wide-ranging conversation full of insight, historian Yu... (2017)


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Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty by Daron Acemoğlu

"The best explanation of the “institutional” school of economics. Why “inclusive institutions” promote growth and extractive ones don’t." - The Eco... (2018)


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