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Widespread shortages in Venezuela have prompted emigration and remittances for those who remain. (@newya1207)

Venezuelan Regime Takes Bite of Remittances for the Starving
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Legalized Transfers Will Feed Insatiable, Bankrupt State

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President Iván Duque took the stage at Andicom, a tech conference held in Cartagena each year. (Hiram Lopez-Landin)

Colombia on Mission to Be Latin America’s Tech Hub
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President Iván Duque Unveils Plan to Attract Investors, Entrepreneurs

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  • Paz Gómez
Since Hugo Chávez came to power in 1999, economic and political freedom have only gone downhill. (Wikimedia)

The Anatomy of Venezuela’s Chavismo
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What Brought the Oil-Rich Nation to Her Knees?

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  • Paz Gómez
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Max Borders (center left) participates in a panel at the 2018 Voice and Exit event in Austin, Texas. (V&E)

The Gateway to a Post-Political Age
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Max Borders Proposes a Better Way, Grapples with How to Build the Bridge

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  • Fergus Hodgson, CAIA
The 48th General Assembly of the Organization of American States took place on June 5. (OAS)

OAS Performance: Democracy and Human Rights
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What Does It Have to Show after 70 Years?

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  • Paz Gómez
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El Salvador formally joined the Central American customs union on August 20, with President Salvador Sánchez Cerén seen on the lift at the ceremony. (Armando Flores)

El Salvador Bolsters Central American Customs Union
1170 658 Paz Gómez

Three Countries Now Make Up Free-Trade Zone of 31.9 Million People

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  • Paz Gómez
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Un documental que vale la pena ver para comprender los peligros del control estatal de los medios. (Propagandia)

Documental revela cómo se consolidó el correísmo en Ecuador
1170 658 Paz Gómez

Las maniobras políticas y publicitarias fueron los principales recursos de Rafael Correa

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  • Paz Gómez
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Propagandia is a documentary worth watching to understand the dangers of state control over the media. (Propagandia)

How 21st-Century Socialism Got Hold of Ecuador
1170 658 Paz Gómez

Propaganda: The Master Plan of the “Citizen Revolution”

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  • Paz Gómez
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Demonstrators in Colombia campaigned against the FARC deal with the Juan Manuel Santos administration. (CRL)

The Political Economy of Guerrilla Warfare in Colombia
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Research: FARC Lowered Tax Revenue, Paramilitaries Formalized Property

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Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto (left) meets Raúl Castro (center) and Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel (right). (EPN)

A Dose of Reality on Cuba’s Constitutional Reforms
1170 658 Fergus Hodgson, CAIA

Expect More Tropical Leninism with a Side of Lies

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  • Fergus Hodgson, CAIA