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Economy

10 Countries To Watch As Oil Prices Slump

Increased supply from oil exporting countries, greater energy independence in the US and stagnant global demand caused the price of oil to plummet from an average of $100 per barrel in June 2014 to $60 in December 2014. This pr...
by David Bresnahan-McRae
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Argentina

And When The Carnival Is Over…

From Copacabana to Salvador da Bahia, Brazil is a country known for its cultural richness and is a growing international player in the economic field yet still lacks political and social coherence. I used my time in Rio de Ja...
by Catarina Santos
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Latin America

Venezuela’s Elections: Free and Fair?

When Mr. Capriles decided to run for president yet again, the natural response was to think “he won’t make it”. Three weeks ago we could only dream of winning these elections. Today, reflecting on what last Sunday meant f...
by Claudia Gonzalez
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Human Rights

Venezuela’s political prisoners and the limbo of indifference

On 18 March 2014, Daniel Ceballos, Mayor of San Cristóbal, one of the most politically important cities in Venezuela, was arrested by officers of the Bolivarian National Service of Intelligence (SEBIN) and taken into custody. ...
by Claudia Gonzalez
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Latin America

WATCH: How a skyscraper became the world’s tallest slum

Centro Financiero Confinanzas, widely know as Torre de David (Tower of David) is the worlds tallest slum. This unfinished skyscraper, in Venezuela’s capital city Caracas, has become a monument to the failed system when c...
by Nicky Armstrong
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Latin America

Corruption unmasks the Bolivarian Revolution

2012 is a very important year to Venezuela and Latin America. October elections are looming in the South American country, and not only is Hugo Chavez’s life at risk, but also the future of his Revolución Bolivariana, th...
by Victor Julio Galicia
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Latin America

Venezuela Decides

Venezuela’s elections are just a few days ahead and right now the two main contenders are competing in close race, according to the main polls in the country. As expected, both contenders Hugo Chavez, 53, going after a th...
by Victor Julio Galicia
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Behind the scenes of Antonio Ledezma’s arrest in Venezuela

Political clashes in parts of Venezuela escalated this weekend with the arrest of the mayor of Caracas, Antonio Ledezma. Ledezma is accused of being part of a foreign plot to force the current administration from power. The a...
by Laura Vidal
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Latin America

Venezuela: A New Chance for Hope

For those of us Venezuelans who fall under the category of ‘opposition’, president Chavez’s death has come to represent a new hope for change. Beyond the respect we have payed for Mr. Hugo Chavez’s death...
by Claudia Gonzalez
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