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Why Regulating Multi-National Corporations Is As Difficult As It Sounds
By Flor González Correa Bolivia, Cuba, Ecuador, South Africa and Venezuela proposed a treaty to regulate transnational corporations last year. You’d be forgiven for feeling a sense of déjà vu. It has been a long and complicated road to tightening the leash on the giant, global corporations which can dominate our lives. The United Nations has … Continue reading
Fiscal Impact Of Lower Oil Prices On Latin America And The Caribbean
The plunge in world oil prices—from $105 to about $50 per barrel since mid-2014—has been a boon for oil-importing countries, while presenting challenges for oil exporters. By Robert Rennhack and Fabián Valencia In general, oil importers will enjoy faster growth, lower inflation, and stronger external positions, and most will not encounter any significant fiscal pressures. … Continue reading
The Politicization Of The AMIA Investigation: Pretext For Regime Change In Argentina?
By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya History has a strange way of replicating itself. Argentina has been going through a process similar to the post-1999 years, after Boris Yeltsin stepped down and Vladimir Putin took his place in the Kremlin as the president of the Russian Federation. While it has been struggling to throw off the foreign … Continue reading
China Pivots East, Ends Up In America’s Backyard
By Andrew Korybko, Sputnik News China’s enormous investments in Latin America appear to be paying off, as the country now commands influence all throughout the hemisphere. Its new role in the region could portend an American pushback, however, as Washington becomes more defensive over its traditional backyard. Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner’s recent visit to Beijing … Continue reading
What Does A Slowdown In China Mean For Latin America?
By The World Bank Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has become increasingly dependent on activity in China, partly as a result of heavy reliance on commodity exports. A 1 percentage point deceleration of growth in China has been associated with a 0.6 percentage point slowing of growth in the LAC region. Growth … Continue reading
Lead From Behind: How Unipolarity Is Adapting To Multipolarity – OpEd
The U.S. is constructing a global system of bilateral and multilateral alliances to assist it in more efficiently projecting power throughout the 21st century. As the world moves towards multipolarity, the U.S. is prepared to exploit this trend to its geopolitical advantage. . By Sputnik News, Andrew Korybko Instead of ‘going it alone’ as Bush was prone … Continue reading
The Power of Spectacle in Bolivia – Evo Morales’ Inauguration in Tiwanaku – OpEd
By Benjamin Dangl A caravan of buses, security vehicles, indigenous leaders and backpackers with Che T-shirts wove their way down a muddy road through farmers’ fields last Wednesday to the pre-colonial city of Tiwanaku, where Bolivian President Evo Morales was ceremonially inaugurated into his third term in office. Folk music played throughout the morning as … Continue reading
Latin America: Between Despotism And Chaos
By Carlos Sabino Five Latin-American countries today possess political systems which could be called absolutist: Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Ecuador, and Bolivia. Within these nations, there exists no division of powers: in each of them the electoral body is under the complete control of the executive. Their legislatures are comprised of docile groupings of deputies that invariably submit to … Continue reading
Brazil, Uruguay Move Away From U.S. Dollar In Trade
Brazil and Uruguay have switched to settling bilateral trade with local currency to stimulate turnover, bypassing the US dollar. Payments in the Brazilian real and Uruguayan peso started on Monday. The agreement was signed on November 2 by the head of Brazilian Central Bank Alexandro Tombini and his Uruguayan counterpart Alberto Grana. Both countries believe … Continue reading
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