If Dominican political actors do not engage in a serious discussion to modernize its electoral process, protests and electoral boycotts represent possible destabilization factors.
Tanto Nicolás Maduro como Robert Mugabe fueron hábiles para sobrevivir a todo tipo de tormentas políticas, por lo que no son exactamente incompetentes o tontos. Venezuela y Zimbabue son, más bien, ejemplos de un fenómeno peligroso: colapsos de crecimiento inducidos políticamente.
Both Mugabe and Maduro proved apt at weathering the political storms caused by their economic policies and remained in power through a combination of granting selective incentives to supporters and carrying out targeted repression against opponents.
The tech sector has gained increasing importance in Colombia’s economy. However, our analysis suggests there are many opportunities for growth and development but also many challenges which will make it difficult for Colombia to take full advantage of all the technology sector’s benefits.
Last Saturday, the Venezuelan government and opposition agreed to establish a USD $3 billion fund to address poverty, food shortages, and sanitary problems in the South American nation. The fund—derived from frozen Venezuelan assets—will be under direct U.N. supervision.
The Holness administration’s reactive approach has watered down the intended purpose of an SOE as a tool of last resort. Instead, it has become the primary policy tool.
Es innegable la voluntad de Lula de apaciguar el bolsonarismo y reconciliar el país para transformar la dura realidad social. Desafortunadamente, de momento, esta labor no estará libre de obstáculos.
On Sunday, the Inter-American Development Bank’s (IDB) board of governors elected Brazil’s Ilan Goldfajn as the president of the hemisphere’s premier financial institution.
On Sunday, Mexicans took to the streets across the nation to protest President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s plan to replace the National Electoral Institute (INE) with directly elected delegates.
El 20 de noviembre, los países deberían utilizar su voto para elegir un nuevo presidente del BID que restablezca la credibilidad del Banco y despliegue todo su potencial para impulsar una recuperación económica sostenible capaz de hacer frente a la emergencia climática.
