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Javier Milei, President of Argentina. Photo taken from the website of the Argentine Presidency.

Elected officials

Where is Milei going?

He is making the biggest economic adjustment in history
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Coins on a map, image to illustrate high inflation in the Americas
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Who can stop inflation?
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Taliban have taken over the country. Photo: Getty Images
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Talibanistan
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Personas sacan agua de un pozo para usarla en sus baños, en la barriada caraqueña de Petare, el 1 de abril de 2019. Photo: AFP / Federico Parra-
Heritage and History
Venezuelans' dunghills
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Restaurants, a significant employer of women, were among the first wave of closures triggered by the coronavirus pandemic. Image: Thomas Hawk / CC BY-NC.
Heritage and History
COVID-19 women in crisis
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SANTIAGO, CHILE - NOVEMBER 26: Demonstrators clash with riot police during a national strike called by trade unions on November 26, 2019 in Santiago, Chile. (Photo by Marcelo Hernandez/Getty Images)
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Crisis in Latin America
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PARAGUACHON, COLOMBIA - JUNE 9: A Wayuu indigenous woman crosses the border between Colombia and Venezuela on June 9, 2019, in Paraguachon, Colombia. (Photo by Guillermo Legaria/Getty Images)
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Venezuela exports refugees
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EL PASO, TX - MARCH 22: Image provided by the Office of Customs and Border Protection of Public Affairs of the United States, showing some immigrants after crossing the international border between the United States and Mexico, and surrendering to a border patrol agent. The migrants are taken to a processing center where they receive food and water, as well as medical attention if necessary, on March 22, 2019 in El Paso, Texas. (Photo by Mani Albrecht / Getty Images)
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Hitting back the border
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View of a dark street this Sunday, in Caracas (Venezuela). The Government of Nicolás Maduro announced on Sunday a second suspension of classes and work activities for the blackout recorded last Thursday afternoon and that has already exceeded 72 hours, although some areas of Caracas have electricity intermittently. EFE/Rayner Peña
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Venezuela in the gloom
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Border Patrol Agents take in to custody a 22-year-old women from El Salvador and her 5 and 3-year-old children after crossing the river from Mexico near Mission, Texas, on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019. Courtney Sacco/Caller-Times
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A different crisis
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US President Donald J. Trump speaks to the media as he departs the White House on his way to Camp David, in Washington, DC, USA, 06 January 2019. (Estados Unidos) EFE/EPA/CHRIS KLEPONIS / POOL
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The Double Standard Crisis
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A fateful day
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The United States ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley (c), on Wednesday, August 8, 2018, travels the Simón Bolívar international bridge, in Cúcuta (Colombia), during her visit to the border between Colombia and Venezuela. EFE / Schneyder Mendoza Tarazona
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'Maduro has to go'
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A group of people protest on Wednesday, May 16, 2018, when the National Dialogue begins at the Fatima Seminary in Managua (Nicaragua). EFE / Welcome Velasco.
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UNREST IN NICARAGUA
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Photo courtesy of Miraflores press by Venezuelan Vice President Tarek El Aissami (c), speaking during a meeting with national creditors from Europe, the United States and other parts of the world on Monday, November 13, 2017, in Caracas (Venezuela). EFE / Courtesy of Prensa Miraflores
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Venezuela in default
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For President Trump, the crisis in Puerto Rico is purely economics. Source: EFE.
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"The Island is to blame"
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Panama's Foreign Minister Isabel San Malo (c), accompanied by her counterparts from Peru, Ricardo Luna (L), Costa Rica's Manuel González (2R), Colombia's María Ángela Holguín (2L) and Mexico's Luis Videgaray of a meeting between foreign ministers and foreign ministers from 17 countries of the Americas and the Caribbean today, Tuesday, August 8, 2017, at the Torre Tagle Palace, in the historic center of Lima, Peru. EFE / Ernesto Arias
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America against Maduro
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Chavistas participate in a demonstration with a picture of the late President Hugo Chávez (1999-2013) and El Libertador, Simón Bolívar, to support the installation of the National Constituent Assembly on Friday, August 4, 2017, in Caracas, Venezuela.
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Venezuela increasingly alone
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Antonio Mugica. CEO de la empresa de tecnología electoral que ha colaborado con Venezuela desde el 2004. Fuente: TalCualDigital
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Fraud in Venezuela
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The intelligence police of the Nicolás Maduro regime have forcibly removed Antonio Ledezma and Leopoldo López from their homes. Source: Antena 3.
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Thus begins a tyranny
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Opposition protesters face agents of the Bolivarian National Guard while blocking a street in rejection of the National Constituent Assembly elections on Sunday, July 30, 2017, in Caracas, Venezuela. EFE/CRISTIAN HERNÁNDEZ
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Many bullets, few votes
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Venezuelan citizens cross the border into Colombia on Wednesday, July 26, 2017, in Cúcuta (Colombia). About 560,000 Venezuelan citizens have requested a Border Mobility Card (TMF) that will facilitate their entry to areas bordering Colombia after receiving approval for their "pre-registration," immigration authorities said today. EFE / Schneyder Mendoza
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Venezuelans flee in droves
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Thousands of Venezuelans choose to leave their country in a desperate attempt to survive. Source: http://www.univision.com/
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Running away from Venezuela
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President Donald Trump gives a speech during the presentation of "Made in America" products at the White House in Washington, USA on Monday, July 17, 2017. EFE/MICHAEL REYNOLDS
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The United States will not…
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A Venezuelan resident in Colombia shouts during the popular consultation on July 16, 2017, in Bogotá (Colombia). Thousands of Venezuelans voted Sunday in the popular consultation promoted by the opposition of Venezuela to consult the citizens if they are for or against the Constituent Assembly proposed by the Government of Nicolás Maduro. EFE/LEONARDO MUÑOZ
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Venezuela shouts "Yes"
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Deputy Luis Stefanelli (L) and deputy Jose Regnault (C) remain in a corridor of the National Assembly after a dispute with demonstrators yesterday, Wednesday, July 5, 2017, in Caracas, . EFE/MIGUEL GUTIÉRREZ
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Attack on Venezuelan…
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Opposition protesters participated in the "national trancazo against the dictatorship" on Tuesday, July 4, 2017, in Caracas (Venezuela). EFE/CRISTIAN HERNÁNDEZ
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Venezuelan military court…
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Un helicóptero de la Policía de Investigación (CICPC) sobrevoló el día de ayer a la ciudad de Caracas, abriendo fuego contra el Ministerio de Interior y el Tribunal Supremo de Justicia. Fuente: http://www.lavanguardia.com/
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Like in the movies
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The “American economy will need a coordinated response, particularly if the entire financial system suffers a panic or lack of liquidity.” Bankruptcy judges cannot provide this response. It is best left to the Treasury, Federal Reserve and FDIC.
Thought Leaders
[OP-ED]: Preparing for the…
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A person holds a poster that read “Goldman Sachs sucks”, during a demonstration against US investment firm Goldman Sachs in rejection of the alleged purchase of $ 2.8 billion in bonds from the Central Bank of Venezuela in New York, United States on May 30, 2017. EFE/Andrew Gombert
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Goldman Sachs “Hunger Bonds…
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Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello Nevares (L), next to representative to the Fiscal Oversight Boar (JSF), Elias Sanchez (R), during a press conference at La Fortaleza Governor residence. Puerto Rico on Wednesday sought relief under a law enacted to help the United States commonwealth restructure its massive debt load, paving the way for what could be the largest-ever bankruptcy case involving a US local government entity.. EFE
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Puerto Rico gets bankruptcy…
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More than 20,000 women took to the streets in the Venezuelan capital, to show their discontent with the measures of repression of the Government of Nicolás Maduro. EFE/MIGUEL GUTIÉRREZ
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Women march for freedom in…