Latin America, the international community and Venezuela
The clamor for an answer to the crisis in Venezuela will be more intense in 2018 due to the economic situation and the humanitarian drama.
The clamor for an answer to the crisis in Venezuela will be more intense in 2018 due to the economic situation and the humanitarian drama.
The G20 has different priorities: the future of work in the digital age, sustainable infrastructure and food security, with the possible addition of the fight against corruption. They are issues that concern Argentina especially, and virtually all the others, if not all.
In November 2017 Latin America begins a long and intense electoral period that will last until 2019 and during which 14 countries will hold presidential elections. At stake is the adjustment of the region’s economies to the new international context and the confirmation –or not– that Latin America is experiencing a general change in political tendency.
Can we talk of a separate Latin American civilisation as distinct from Western civilisation?
Is there a negotiable way out of the crisis in Venezuela? There is a balance of forces and interests created by the regime that seems to hinder it.
Although the EU-Mercosur agreement is a first generation FTA, mainly focused on tariff reductions, it is necessary to highlight its geo-political significance.
The slashing of oil exports to Cuba and the renegotiation of Chinese loans-for-oil illustrate the discreet and declining charm of Venezuelan oil diplomacy.
If a new pattern of China-Latin America economic interaction materialises, it would foster sustainable and long-term economic development in the region.
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