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Cuba After Hugo Chavez
Carlos Alberto Montaner, Miami Herald
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Tim Padgett, Time
Oil Continues to Prop Up Autocrats Like Putin
Michael Ross, Bloomberg
Peru vs. Bolivia: Two Competing Models
Jaime Daremblum, PJ Media
The most complex part of the inheritance left by Hugo Chavez are the relations between Venezuela and Cuba. The existing ones were built on the strange emotional, political and id...(full article)
Resource nationalism is condemned to join other 'progressive' economic recipes in the dustbin of history. Sadly, for Latin America, many of its people will find out the hard way....(full article)
Get your personal affairs in order. It’s the hardest thing doctors have to tell cancer patients who are as ill as media reports suggest Hugo Chávez is. With an election loomin...(full article)
Vladimir Putin’s inauguration to a third term as Russia’s president today, after a first-round victory in March elections, shows he is both shrewd and skillful. He is also ver...(full article)
Peru and Bolivia are neighboring Andean countries that have long been associated with poverty, drug trafficking, ethnic tensions, and political upheaval. Both experienced hyperin...(full article)
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Infighting Goes Public for Venezuela's Ruling Party - The Economist
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Cuba Prepares for Post-Chavez Era - Carlos Alberto Montaner, Miami Herald
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The Republic vs. Hugo Chavez - Carlos Alberto Montaner, Miami Herald
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A Challenge to Chavez - Los Angeles Times
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A Post-American World? Not Quite - Victor Davis Hanson, National Review
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The End of America's Pro-Democracy Pretense - Glenn Greenwald, Salon
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2012: No Peace, No Prosperity, No Progress - Simon Tisdall, The Guardian
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About Venezuela
- Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
- Population: 28,199,000 (40th)
- Area Size: 353,841 sq mi (33rd)
- GDP: $227.75 billion (35th)
- Currency: Bolivar Fuerte (VEF)
- Official Language: Spanish
- Capital City: Caracas
- Largest City: Caracas
Venezuela Prosperity Rank: 73 |
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