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February 3, 2014 ... considers strategic allies. Mexico has access to a hefty $47.3bn that it has not needed to tap. China has $3.8tn in ...

August 2, 2014 Most people think that the Venezuelan economy is a basket case on the verge of collapse, and that has been a widespread belief for most of the last decade. But the South American nation has only run into serious trouble in the past two years.

August 5, 2014 ... for Maduro’s performance have fallen to between 41- 47 percent. [i] Thus while approval for Maduro continues to ... path. [i] 41% = Datanalisis / May, Consultores 21 / June, 47% = Hinterlaces / July. While Hinterlaces polls tend to ...

April 11, 2014 Nate Silver, who became famous for his use of polling data to accurately project U.S. elections, launched a new blog – FiveThirtyEight.com last month.  It’s been off to a rough start, Paul Krugman wrote soon after its launch, “[S]loppy and casual opining with a bit of data used, as the old saying goes, the way a drunkard uses a lamppost — for support, not illumination.” I leave it to the reader to decide whether the FiveThirtyEight article on March 17 by Dorothy Kronick on Venezuela fits this description.

September 3, 2014 Amidst the ongoing “economic war” in Venezuela, 200 people from various political collectives marched to Fedecamaras headquarters to place a spotlight on how the largest business confederation may be contributing to scarcity, inflation and speculation in Venezuela. 

February 10, 2014 ... abortive attempt at political uprising (the coup lasted 47 hours), the opposition once again turned to economic ... L., Albo, G. and Chibber, V. (eds.), Socialist Register , 47, pp. 242-259. Saad-Filho, A. and Morais, L. (2004), ‘The ...