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Bolivia: The Exceptional Case of the MAS

By Santiago Anria*

Bolivia’s Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) is one of the most important and electorally successful new parties in Latin America because it has succeeded in achieving and maintaining high levels of internal grassroots participation and bottom-up influence, even after assuming national power.  mais 760 palavras

Get out of my way / Quítate tú pa ponerme yo

Second  attempt of coup d’etat, Caracas, November 27 (1992)

(This is a modified version of the original post published in Nov. 2015. Versión en castellano aparece más abajo) mais 417 palavras

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Escaping Socialist Venezuela

BY ANASTASIA CHOO

Venezuela’s downward economic spiral has led to widespread food shortages, hyperinflation and a mass exodus of migrants into Latin America.  Although the situation is anatomically different from Syria, analysts claim the exodus from Venezuela rivals the number of Syrians in Germany.  mais 780 palavras

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Venezuelan Chavista leaders go to Economics school

But they didn’t like the class.

Recently, a news report (in Spanish) from Venezuela’s state-owned TV station VTV went viral on Facebook. In it, we can see the hilarious reaction of venezuelan chavista leaders when they get an Economics lesson they didn’t expect. mais 1.012 palavras

Economics

Following the crisis in Venezuela (because it can happen in the U.S.A.)

Thanks to the Communist-Socialist ascendency in Venezuela, what was once the wealthiest Latin American country now has many of its people adjusting to shortages of food, water and life-giving energy needed to heat and light their homes and neighborhoods. mais 985 palavras

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Recent Read: "Venezuela's Suicide: Lessons From a Failed State"

Don’t miss the excellent analysis of Venezuela’s long road to chaos in the latest Foreign Affairs by Moisés Naím and Francisco Toro.  It’s an excellent recap of how that nation started out relatively rich and wound up the worst humanitarian disater in the Western Hemisphere. mais 692 palavras

Economics

Blogpaws: A pet blog

Nick Farzanfar
Social Media
Professor Bauer
10/15/18
Blogpaws

Blogpaws is a pet-themed blog written by an animal enthusiast named Bernard Lima-Chavez. The blog talks about the concept of blogging about your pet. mais 649 palavras

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