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Latin America. Analytical Review 01/2019

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Kateryna Vakarchuk The Political and Economic Situation in January 2019   The beginning of 2019 has been quite tense for the Latin American region. If nothing else, it has brought changes that would be relevant to some presidents and governments. In particular, those changes will not miss Venezuela. The aggravation of the long-standing intra-political crisis, which has gone beyond the borders of this country, draws attention of powerful global players, in particular the United States, Russia, and China (see more details in our article “Aggravation of the Crisis in Venezuela. The Internal Dynamics and External Influences”). The year 2019 will not be ordinary for Latin American countries, among…

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Aggravation of the Crisis in Venezuela

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The Internal Dynamics and External Influences   Kateryna Vakarchuk For the political leadership of Venezuela, led by President Nicolas Maduro, the beginning of 2019 can be considered inevitable, life-changing and to some extent fatal. All the world’s media keep writing about the events that are happening there, although they had little interest in the past. What happened there? And why do we, in Ukraine, often mention that distant Latin American country, where our geopolitical interests are not represented at the proper level? Venezuelan events have fallen into the top news of the whole world and remain the main topic for major newsmakers. To date, there are many more questions about those…

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The 2019 Elections to the European Parliament: Trends and Risks

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Roman Kot Elections to the European Parliament (EP) are scheduled for May 23–26, 2019. Given the wide range of its powers in the budgetary sphere and in the common foreign and security policy, the European Parliament is one of the key bodies in the context of Ukraine’s cooperation with the European Union. On the balance of forces within the newly formed ruling Grand Coalition, will largely depend the EU’s policy not only in supporting Ukraine, but also in containing Russia, in particular the maintenance and build-up of anti-Russian sanctions. Therefore, here is our preliminary analysis of the trends in the…

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