After 20 years, Hugo Chávez and now Nicolás Maduro's project is exposed as less an ideology than a cold-blooded grab for lasting power and self-enrichment, writes AS/COA’s Eric Farnsworth.
Deconstructing Chavismo: The Myth and the Reality
AS/COA Insider: Guillermo Zubillaga and Eric Farnsworth on Venezuela’s “Elections”
Venezuela is set to hold legislative elections on December 6. Of course, the term “elections” should be used lightly.
AS/COA Insider: Brian Winter on Brazil's Municipal Elections
While President Jair Bolsonaro’s favored candidates underperformed in the first round, new faces on the left attracted attention.
Singapore, NZ, Chile Show the Way in Next-Gen Trade Agreements
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Karan Bhatia
"This shift towards greater online commerce and digital trade is expected to continue," writes Google's Karan Bhatia in The Business Times.
AS/COA Insider: Steve Liston on USMCA Implementation amid COVID-19
“The USMCA didn’t contemplate the pandemic,” says the AS/COA senior director. The North American trade pact was implemented on July 1.
Interview: How Buenos Aires Responded to COVID-19
Fernando Straface, the city’s secretary general, explains how Argentina’s capital reacted to an unprecedented health challenge.