Latin American Affairs

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Saturday, November 17, 2018

Brazil, the “country of the future” is back to its past

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Brazil is a country of the future..and always will be so. This used to be the teasing comment of critics who had watched the country w...
Tuesday, October 16, 2018

From Coolies to Patrons and Partners: the Chinese paradigm shift in Latin America

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Latin America had imported Chinese as Coolies in the second half of the nineteenth century after the abolition of slavery. About a quar...
Sunday, July 08, 2018

It is time for President Ortega to go...

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    I used to be an admirer of Daniel Ortega. I liked his poem, ¨I Never Saw Managua When Miniskirts Were in Fashion¨, when he was a pol...
Tuesday, May 01, 2018

Gang violence in Central America

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El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala in Central America have the highest homicide rates in the world. Gangs, popularly known as Maras, are ...
Monday, January 22, 2018

In the Midst of Winter

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In her latest novel "In the Midst of Winter”( mas alla del invierno), published in November 2017, Isabel Allende brings together a...
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