Better governance could discontinue current oil subsidies and diversify the Venezuelan economy and expand its sources of revenue.
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The agreement, it is important to note, goes to great lengths to avoid mistakes committed in previous peace processes, in particular those of the last negotiations with the FARC, which took place in El Caguán, Colombia, between 1998 and 2002.
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The electoral process was framed as a contest between democracy and the twin forces of authoritarianism and corruption, led by a movement of social opposition to the legacy of Fujimori’s father Alberto, who served as president from 1990-2000 and was sentenced to 25 years in prison for human rights violations and corruption charges.
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While there are hurdles to overcome at home on the mechanisms for endorsing a final accord, the latest pact on that contentious issue appears to satisfy the needs and interests of both parties—as a good agreement should.
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Deeply embedded in Brazil’s political institutions, corruption is often regarded as a remnant of the period of military leadership.
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This Zika response isn’t the first time in recent history that non-civilian actors have been called upon to assist in public health emergencies.
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Recent polling points to the economic decline corresponding, with a drop in support for the PSUV and Maduro, who now has the approval of just a quarter of respondents.
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From the beginning of the process, a central tension was evident: as the FARC came to the table as a negotiating party and not a defeated army, they openly refused to “spend one day in jail.”
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Many Colombians are hoping that the Pope’s visit to Cuba will offer an opportunity for him to lend concrete support to the peace process.
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Given Shining Path’s complicated history with Peru’s indigenous peasantry, and its history of kidnapping as a strategy of building up its guerrilla army, July’s discovery of production camps is not so surprising after all.