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Venezuela Election Wrap-Up

Venezuela Election Wrap-Up

  The new president will be puppeteered out of office quicker than he was put in  The election played out as many opposition supporters of Henrique Capriles supporters feared. Government candidate Nicolas Maduro won by a close margin — closer than expected actually. Capriles denounced the results, pointed out cases of fraud and intimidation and […]

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The Global Oil Race: China Seeks a Significant Foothold in the Americas

The Global Oil Race: China Seeks a Significant Foothold in the Americas

  There is much debate in the United States on the dominance of China in the current global economy. These discussions are quite valid as Latin America weathered much of the 2008 economic crisis based upon natural resource exports to China to bolster their booming economy. Canada was also able to rely on natural resources […]

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