Category: USA/America

Kateryna Vakarchuk The Political and Economic Situation in May 2019   The countries of Latin America are conducting their own foreign policy courses, seeking new allies and partners. This time, the Cuban leadership, under Helms-Burton Act, in May 2019,  made a number of visits  to countries that provided support to Cuba  in its struggle  against US sanctions, and, interestingly, the European Union was on this list. Venezuela is recovering after Juan  Guaido’s unsuccessful attempt to consolidate power throughout the country and get the military’s support. Brazilian President after 100 days in…

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Kateryna Vakarchuk The Political and Economic Situation in April 2019   Latin America is a region that dynamically integrates into global international processes with every year coming, and becomes involved in high-profile events, often acting as a subject engaged in solving important international issues. For example, Ecuador, which seems to be far from active global political life, attracted the attention of world media by the arrest of the scandalous journalist Julian Assange. President of Bolivia, Evo Morales, has made breakthroughs in foreign policy, in particular, has established close ties with Turkey. By the way, the similarity of the political figures of the Presidents…

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Kateryna Vakarchuk The Political and Economic Situation in March 2019   March of 2019 can be considered hard for Venezuela. Despite the humanitarian support provided to it by many countries, the situation remains too complex. The visit of members of the British royal family to Cuba can be considered life-changing, because it is, in fact, a breakthrough of current Cuban diplomacy. Perhaps in the future, the United States will change its position on Cuba. Spain continues to demonstrate not only its cultural and historical ties, but also economic ones with its former colonies. Mexico is still not very active in resolving the problem of…

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Kateryna Vakarchuk The Political and Economic Situation in February 2019   How Oil Deposits Excite Democracy In February 2019 the situation in some Latin American countries (especially in Venezuela) was tense. The region largely supports the interim President of Venezuela Juan Guaido. However, a new election has not been appointed, and N. Maduro’s regime is quite “alive”, thanks to the army and all security forces’ loyalty to him. Colombia and Chile have put forward the initiative to create a new regional bloc — PROSUR. The Cuban leadership is determining foreign policy directions, actively meeting with leaders of other countries, in particular Russia and Italy. At this, the world community…

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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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