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El sábado, el mundo vio las horribles imágenes de las fuerzas de seguridad de Maduro disparando a voluntarios civiles desarmados que transportaban ayuda humanitaria desde puntos de distribución fronterizos a Venezuela para sus compatriotas desesperados. Los camiones que llegaron a Venezuela, fueron quemados por el régimen criminal, incinerando literalmente la...
On Saturday, the world saw the horrific images of Maduro's security forces shooting unarmed civilian volunteers carrying humanitarian aid from border distribution points into Venezuela for their desperate compatriots. What trucks did make it into Venezuela, were burned by the criminal regime, literally incinerating life-giving hope for the sick or...
Brazilian politics has always been a bruising contact sport, but the upcoming October 7th elections are even more of a rollercoaster than usual. The highlights are: Lula remains the electoral favorite, but several subsequent court decisions won't let him run, so his PT (Worker's Party) is running Fernando Haddad as...
At Asymmetrica, we are continuing to monitor both the two bilateral NAFTA negotiations (US-Mexico and US-Canada) and the impact on forex risk. While the Canadian dollar remains calm, our Predata signals are revealing nervousness regarding the Mexican peso. On September 1st, the activity around the underlying digital media that are...
Mexico’s July 1st presidential election took place in a context of high polarization marked by the general rejection of the policies of the traditional parties PRI and PAN. Corruption at all levels of the federal, state and municipal government, together with the high figures of violence (political, by the cartels),...
by Maria Teresa Belandria, Fulbright Research Scholar Visiting Professor at William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies at National Defense University, and Asymmetrica consultant (this is the English version of the previous blog by Ms. Belandria) On Sunday, 27 May 2018 the first round of elections was held in...
por Maria Teresa Belandria, Fulbright Research Scholar Visiting Professor en el Centro William J. Perry Center para Estudios de Defensa Hemisféricos en la Universidad Nacional de Defensa en Washington, DC, y consultora a Asymmetrica en temas de seguridad latinomaericana El pasado domingo 27 de mayo se realizó la primera vuelta...
The result of Sunday's first round elections in Colombia (which had that country's highest electoral participation in 20 years) are that conservative candidate Iván Duque will face former M-19 guerrillero (and local chavista) Gustavo Petro in June 17th's second round of voting. We predict Iván Duque will win Colombia's presidency. Here are the scenarios....
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