Idiotic ideologues
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China is ready to sink billions into South America for the sake of its natural resources. But the Latin leaders are looking the wrong way
Latin American politics are so infected by the virus of ideology that local politicians seldom read the signals properly.
From Mexico to Argentina, it would seem that politics (well, taking the money and running, too) is the only thing that matters. In these countries facing critical poverty problems, where economies have been unable to take off in close to a century, no government - right-wing, left-wing, communist or neocon - has been able to find substantial social and financial ...
From Mexico to Argentina, it would seem that politics (well, taking the money and running, too) is the only thing that matters. In these countries facing critical poverty problems, where economies have been unable to take off in close to a century, no government - right-wing, left-wing, communist or neocon - has been able to find substantial social and financial ...
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