Tag Archives: Hugo Chavez

2013 Venezuelan Municipal Elections & The Venezuelan Economy

[fblike] It has been a very tumultuous year in Venezuelan politics.  In March Hugo Chavez, who governed the country for fourteen years and attempted to create a vibrant socialist movement in Latin America called Bolivarian Socialism, died of cancer and … Continue reading

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R&D: 2013 Venezuelan Municipal Elections & The Venezuelan Economy

[fblike] Here is today’s premium R&D to accompany today’s premium topic brief on the 2013 Venezuelan municipal elections and the Venezuelan economy. Venezuela Is the Next Zimbabwe – Wall Street Journal http://t.co/1wuToxT2yc — Living Zimbabwe (@LivingZimbabwe) December 22, 2013 VenEconomy: Venezuela Needs … Continue reading

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R&D: Promoting a U.S. Economic Recovery, Upcoming Supreme Court Decisions, and Humala Wins

Here is your R&D for June 6th: U.S. Innovation and Economic Recovery from the Council on Foreign Relations How can the U.S. escape its economic malaise?  Four experts describe policy options in this expert roundup from the Council on Foreign … Continue reading

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R&D: The Right to Protect Doctrine Returns, Water Issues Worry Americans Most, and Is America Protecting French Interests in Libya?

Here is your R&D for March 28th: How Libya’s Qaddafi brought humanitarian intervention back in vogue from the Christian Science Monitor Libya’s Moammar Gaddafi has resurrected the international doctrine of the “right to protect”, which some analysts thought was a … Continue reading

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R&D: Gallup Says Unemployment is Rising, Chavez’s Offer to Mediate in Libya is Rejected, and China’s Nuclear Weapons Policy is Examined

Here is your R&D for March 4th: Gallup Finds U.S. Unemployment Hitting 10.3% in February from Gallup According to Gallup’s unemployment measurement, which differs from the official statistics released by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, unemployment in the U.S. … Continue reading

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R&D: China’s Lending Rises, Euro Zone Needs a Plan B, and Obama Issues an Order to Review Government Regulations

Here is your R&D for January 18th: China’s lending hits new heights from the Financial Times In another show of China’s growing political and economic clout, it has lent more money to developing nations over the past two years than … Continue reading

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R&D: Venezuela’s Nuclear Ambitions, Ecuador’s President Denies a Dissolution of the National Assembly, and The Effectiveness of U.S. Sanctions Against Iran

Here is your R&D for October 7th: Is Chavez Following Iran Down the Radioactive Brick Road? from Foreign Policy in Focus In this interesting article, Foreign Policy in Focus argues that Venezuela has been developing a nuclear program and that … Continue reading

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R&D: Pakistan Closes Afghanistan Border Crossing, McDonald’s Threatens to Drop Health Coverage, and the EU Launches Legal Action Against France

Here is your R&D for September 30th: Pakistan Halts NATO Supplies to Afghanistan After Attack from the New York Times After a NATO cross-border attack on a Pakistani security post, Pakistan has closed the most important border crossing that supplies … Continue reading

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R&D: The Feds Push to Use Internet Wiretaps, Chavez Suffers a Political Setback, and Sodium Tripental Shortage Halts Lethal Injections

Here is your R&D for September 27th: Wiretapped phones, now the Internet? from the New York Times (courtesy of the Minneapolis Star Tribune) In a move that alarms privacy advocates, national security officials are pushing for the ability to wiretap … Continue reading

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R&D: Obama Hints at Changes to His Economic Team, Netanyahu Details Plans for a Military Presence Near a Palestinian State, and Jerry Brown’s Possible Strategy in California

Here is your R&D for September 21st: Obama Hints at High-Level Changes from the Wall Street Journal With bad results forecast for the 2010 midterms, President Obama is looking to shake up his economic team.  Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and … Continue reading

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