What Went Wrong With Venezuela?
“The mismanagement, myopia and vanity of Chavez and his successor Maduro has turned what was once Venezuela’s success story into a basket case”
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Americas
EA on talkRADIO: 2019 from China to North Korea to Brazil
Scott Lucas on developments in 2019 from China and Taiwan to North Korea to Brazil, looking at contests for regional and global influence.
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EA on Monocle 24: Can Baseball Bring US-Cuba Detente?
Scott Lucas on US Major League Baseball’s agreement with the Cuban Baseball Federation for Cuban players to play in America without having to defect from the Caribbean island
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Political WorldView Podcast: Did Brazil Just Elect a Fascist?
Did Brazil just put a fascist in the Presidency? This week’s Political WorldView podcast...
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EA in the Media: Start the Week — Trump and Violence; UK’s Brexit Budget; A Glance at Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Brazil
To start the week, I spoke at length with both Paul Ross and Julia Hartley-Brewer of talkRADIO...
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Podcast: Cuba’s President Visits the US
I spoke with Monocle 24’s The Briefing on Monday about this week’s trip by Cuban...
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Syria Daily: How Canada Saved White Helmets from Assad Regime
The operation to evacuate 422 White Helmets rescuers and their families from southern Syria,...
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TalkRadio: Brexit Crisis in UK, Crisis Averted in Germany…and in Mexico?
I joined Julia Hartley-Brewer on talkRADIO on Monday morning to discuss the varying state of...
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A Volcano Erupts in Guatemala — The Natural and Political Disasters
“It is hard to imagine easy ways out of Guatemala’s on-going political crisis”...
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Trump’s Trade War With Canada: The Story Behind the “270% Dairy Tariff”
Trump beats Trudeau with a dairy stick — but what are the truths around farming, Canadian...
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TrumpWatch, Day 503: Ahead of Summits, Trump and Co. Jab at Canada, Taunt North Korea
Trump maintains tariff assault while attorney Giuliani says Kim “begged” for meeting...
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Can Colombia’s Reconciliation Deal with Revelations of “Cash for Kills”?
Colombia recognizes that grave crimes threaten global security — but can it deal with them?...
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Trump Tries to Defend Labelling of Immigrants as “Animals”
Donald Trump has defended his use of the word “animals” to describe undocumented immigrants,...
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Political WorldView Podcast: The Syria and War Crimes Edition
The latest podcast from our partner Political WorldView considers conflict and war crimes, moving...
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TrumpWatch, Day 354: Trump Threatens Deportation of 200,000 Immigrants from El Salvador
“There is nothing to go back to in El Salvador” Developments on Day 354 of the Trump...
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“Anyone’s Child”: Is There A Way Forward for Mexico’s Drug Policy?
“Every one of these was someone’s child, sister, brother or friend.” Launched in April 2017,...
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Trump’s Unrealistic Approach to A Better NAFTA
Donald Trump’s three key mistakes on NAFTA: “Not a solid basis for the US or its...
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Can US-Mexico Relationship Be Saved from Trump?
Since Donald Trump took office in January, relations between the US and Mexico have been...
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The Syrian Doctor, Trump’s Muslim Ban, and a Canadian Rescue
Ashifa Kassam writes for The Guardian: He was one of the many whose lives were thrown into chaos...
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Podcast: Trump’s Cuba Maneuver
Last week the Trump Administration announced its retreat from Obama-era engagement on Cuba,...
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Canada Analysis: Deadly Mosque Attack Exposes Problems With Prejudice
PHOTO: The Grand Mosque in Quebec, where six people were killed by a gunman on Sunday Steve Hewitt...
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Haiti Analysis: UN Apologises for Cholera — Now It Must Provide Funding
PHOTO: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon visits Haiti, October 2016 Rosa Freedman of the University...
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Political WorldView Podcast: The Castro and Lying Liars Edition
The Political WorldView team at the University of Birmingham — Adam Quinn, Christalla...
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BBC Radio: Evaluating Castro, the US, and What Happens Now
PHOTO: Fidel Castro and Nelson Mandela in 1998 I had another set of six interview with BBC outlets...
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BBC Radio: Castro’s Death, the US, and Latin America
PHOTO: Fidel Castro, August 1959 I have done a series of interviews with BBC TV, BBC radio, and...
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Mexico Opinion: The Crises That Must Be Faced
PHOTO: Farm workers in Baja California, Mexico, April 24, 2015 (Alfredo Estrella/AFP) Ruth Ayslim...
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