No democracy is perfect; we know this. Furthermore, some democracies are very imperfect; we suffer them. Democratic traps refer to a set of circumstances that generate or reproduce undesired processes …
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Transforming Ourselves in Order to Transform
The building of a better collective future also consists in transforming many aspects of our way of thinking and functioning, very specially, becoming active participants in the transformation process; improving …
Read More »More Green Buds and Some Persistent Weeds in a Still Uncertain Garden
The world economy is clearly going through a transition period, leaving the crunch behind yet not entering full recovery. An uncertain garden where day after day new green buds sprout: …
Read More »China: the strategic partner for recovery in Latin America’s Southern Cone
The U.S. economy will lose strength as the engine of the global economy but will increase its competitiveness as an exporter of manufactured goods, and China will replace it as …
Read More »Pittsburg: “The World is Heading Towards a New International Economic Order”
With this affirmation Lula da Silva defined the outcome of the G-20 Summit. The Pittsburg summit marked the end of the hegemony of industrialized powers, and ushered emerging nations into …
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