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The Golden Straightjacket and the Choke Effect in Practice

The Golden Straightjacket and the Choke Effect in Practice

This past week the Council on Hemispheric Affairs published an article on the Obama Administration’s actions to depressurize the relationship between Argentina and the “vulture funds” that made profit off Argentina’s default from their 2001 economic collapse. With so many formerly healthy economies in Europe now facing the same end game as Argentina did nearly […]

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Haiti Update: Sarkozy Visit Offers Economic Aid

Haiti Update: Sarkozy Visit Offers Economic Aid

Nicolas Sarkozy made the first visit ever by a French president to Haiti, once his nation’s richest colony — offering aid to a country laid to waste after a catastrophic earthquake.

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