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1 – 10 of 15In an unexpected move, opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez was granted house arrest on July 8 after serving three years of a 14-year prison sentence linked to violent anti-government…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB222098
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Barbados has recently been a focal point of international attention because of its decision to become the world’s newest republic. On November 30, 2021, Queen Elizabeth II was…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB267034
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The Assembly meeting followed the suspension on October 20 of the signature collection process required for initiating a recall referendum against Maduro that was due to take…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB214463
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Trump’s statement will provide a fillip for President Nicolas Maduro. This will prove temporary, though. The country faces a spiralling economic crisis and a debilitating credit…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB223768
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The economy is at a crossroads: high unemployment and increasing poverty are generating pressures for greater income transfers, but the delicate fiscal position is generating…
Although both the bill’s legislative future and the amount it would raise are uncertain, it reflects ever more explicit class polarisation and anger over inequalities.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB256304
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In a major misstep linked to frantic efforts to raise monies for looming bond payments, on March 29 the Supreme Court (TSJ) temporarily usurped the functions of the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB220045
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BRAZIL: Austerity may wear down Temer's support
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES214219
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This follows preliminary talks and the establishing of a six-country group of friends to support a persistently frustrated negotiation process. While worsening an already dire…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB224531
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Jamaicans are to remain in their homes for three consecutive weekends. Although the economies of the English-speaking Caribbean are witnessing a gradual recovery, there are…