How Sanctions Contributed to Venezuela’s Economic Collapse

Despite claims that they targeted the Maduro regime, sanctions had indiscriminate effects on the country

This essay was originally published by The Global Americans and is reprinted with permission During the past decade, Venezuela lived through the largest economic contraction documented in the history of the Western Hemisphere. The implosion took place at the same time as the U.S. government barred oil purchases, froze government bank ...
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How Sanctions Contributed to Venezuela’s Economic Collapse

The Perfect Dictatorship

The perfect dictatorship is not one in which there are no elections. The perfect dictatorship is one in which the government does not lose elections

_____ It was during the presidency of Carlos Salinas de Gortari, whom many saw as one of the champions of economic reforms (even today, some people remember him that way), that Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa decided to break one of the unwritten rules of Mexican politics.  In a televised discussion ...
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The Perfect Dictatorship