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The Hoariest of Latin American Conspiracy Theorists
Although I would say that the article “The Land of Too Many Summits“ by Christopher Sabatini (Foreign Policy, April 12, 2012) is right on some points, it nonetheless provides little more than unproved opinions on other matters — or as Karl Popper would say, certain statements lack the “refutability” condition of any scientific statement — [...]
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Ploughing the Sea
Former vice president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, was sworn in to office today in the wake of the death of Hugo Chávez. His presidency is only an interim measure, allowing time for new national presidential elections to take place, but whoever wins office for the next six years in Venezuela will have a hard time [...]
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Germany 4 Argentina 0: More Than Last World Cup’s Score
In response to The Third Time Must be the Charm, Agustín Gonzalez Avalis discusses what is acceptable in Latin American Politics
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B-razil R-ussia I-ndia C-hina…The New Inner Circle?
Are the leaner, hungrier rapidly growing economies emerging from the global south aligned enough to eclipse the ‘West’?
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Salt Water Fallacy: a response
A note from the author of ‘Salt Water Fallacy’ : I am terribly glad to see that the article about the Falkland Islands has caused enough of a stir for Agustín to take the effort to reply. Although voicing opinions which I personally do not share, It is important that the opposite side of such [...]
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Salt Water Fallacy
In the run up to the 30th anniversary of the Falklands war, we are all once again reminded of the ongoing political conflict over these small islands. With Britain claiming its support for the Islanders right to self determination, which sees the islands remain as a Self Governing British Overseas territory, the thrusts at trying [...]
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Nicaragua’s Progress In Reducing Child Mortality
Just How Are Those Millennium Development Goals Progressing? Goal 4 Reducing Child Mortality Rates. In 2000, Nicaragua along with the other 192 member states of the UN agreed to achieve 8 so called ‘Millennium Development Goals’ by 2015. One of these goals, goal 4, was to reduce by two thirds, between 1990 and 2015, [...]
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Argentina’s Inflating Cover-Up
The recent and positive upswing of the Argentinean economy is beginning to be marked with inflation and governmental cover-up…
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